23 Va. App. 18 - Thrift v. Baldwin’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
August 2015
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 13 Va. App. 246 - Cage v. Harrisonburg Department of Social Services
Most-quoted passages
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“The authority of the juvenile court to adjudicate matters involving the custody, visitation, support, control or disposition of a child shall not be limited to the consideration of petitions filed by a mother, father or legal guardian but shall include petitions filed at any time by any party with a legitimate interest therein. A party with a legitimate interest shall be broadly construed and shall include, but not be limited to, grandparents, stepparents, former stepparents, blood relatives and family members. A party with a legitimate interest shall not include any person (i) whose parental rights have been involuntarily terminated by court order, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or any other person whose interest in the child derives from or through such person whose parental rights have been so terminated, including but not limited to grandparents, stepparents, former stepparents, blood relatives and family members, if the child subsequently has been legally adopted----”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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