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Michael Vechery v. Florence Cottet-Moine
Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 170613 · judgment August 28, 2017
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Circuit Court violated Petitioner's constitutional right to fully present his case and his constitutional right to raise his daughter in a manner free of arbitrary judicial intervention by: Refusing to re-open the evidence to allow Petitioner to submit evidence that directly pertained to his competency as a parent; Refusing to conduct an in camera interview with the minor-daughter to determine whether she was competent to testify, despite the fact that she was the sole witness of an assault Respondent committed against Petitioner; Arbitrarily barring the daughter from playing competitive golf for a year despite the absence of any evidence suggesting that the golfing was having any adverse consequences on the child.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Mike Vechery
For respondent
Mark Bernard Sandground Sr.
Sanground, West, Silek & Raminpour, PLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Feb 20 2018Petition DENIED.
- Jan 17 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018.
- Dec 29 2017Brief of respondent Florence Cottet-Moine in opposition filed.
- Nov 27 2017Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 29, 2017)