CARPENTER v. CARPENTER

Record No. 771715.

257 S.E.2d 845 (1979)

Mary Gladys Richards CARPENTER, etc., v. Brown Hutcheson CARPENTER, etc.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

August 30, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Christie, Norfolk (Robert L. Gutterman, Christie and Gutterman, Norfolk, on brief), for appellant.

Richard S. McLellon, Portsmouth (Bangel, Bangel & Bangel, Portsmouth, on brief), for appellee.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


HARMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree denying consent for Mary Gladys Richards Carpenter (mother or Mrs. Carpenter) to remove the residence of her two minor children, then ages seven and nine, from the Commonwealth of Virginia and permanently restraining and enjoining such change of residence by the children without prior approval of the court. The sole issue here is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing the consent sought by Mrs. Carpenter...

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