SIMMS v. ALEXANDRIA DEP'T OF COMMUNITY

Record No. 0479-21-4.

870 S.E.2d 314 (2022)

74 Va. App. 447

Anita Shana-Nicole SIMMS v. ALEXANDRIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND HUMAN SERVICES.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal Goldberg (JustCause Counsel, PLLC, on briefs), for appellant.

Matthew W. Greene , Special Assistant City Attorney ( Joanna C. Anderson ; Jill A. Schaub ; Gerylee M. Baron , Guardian ad litem for the minor children; Greene Law Group PLLC; Office of the City Attorney; Law Office of Gerylee M. Baron, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Russell, Lorish and Senior Judge Annunziata.


The issue in this appeal is whether a trial court has jurisdiction to enter an order terminating parental rights while an abuse and neglect determination involving the same parent and child is pending appellate review. We conclude that it does. We also find no error with the court's termination of mother's residual...

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