38 Va. App. 773 - Sullivan v. Knick’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “Code § 20-124.3 requires the trial court to identify the fundamental, predominating reason or reasons underlying its decision. This level of specificity does not require the chancellor to address all aspects of the decisionmaking process, as one would expect from comprehensive findings of fact and conclusions of law. Nor does the 1999 amendment require the chancellor “to quantify or elaborate exactly what weight or consideration it has given to each of the statutory factors.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 41 Va. App. 550 - Lanzalotti v. Lanzalotti

2. “the instant record demonstrates few, if any, benefits to Kylie, a very young child, from relocation hundreds of miles from her father. To the contrary, the evidence clearly establishes that the move would disrupt the positive involvement and influence of father in Kylie’s life, a result at odds with her best interests.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 42 Va. App. 794 - Sullivan v. Jones