Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

Re: Convicted of Felonies

This might be simpler than it appears. If I were your lawyer, and I'm not, I might go to court with a motion for custody and serve her with the motion at her last known address. I assume that you don't know for sure that she is in jail or that her address has changed. I assume she would not show up for her court date. I assume she would lose.

Re: Convicted of Felonies

try calling the clerk of the circuit court for the county in which you think she was convicted. ask her if they can tell you any information on the Commonwealth v. ________. As far as obtaining custody, go to your local juvenile and domestic relations court intake office and file a petition for custody. It'd be a good idea to hire an attorney for this...

Re: Convicted of Felonies

It's more likely that the person in question was prosecuted by the State than by the Federal Government. You can conduct a county by county check of the public records in Virginia by going to http://www.courts.state.va.us

Once you have found what County she was prosecuted in, you can call the clerk of the court for that county and find out what happened. In cases not involving Juveniles, that information would be a matter of public record.

As far a child custody, you would need to petition the Court to award you custody, and that is something that is probably best done with the assistance of an attorney due to the potential complexity of the legal proceedings involved. Dunlap and Grubb can assist you with such services if you so desire.