Case Title: Stockdale v. Stockdale

Citation: 

Docket Number: 002485

State: virginia

Court: Virginia Supreme Court

Date: 2001-09-14T00:00:00Z

Document:
Present:  All the Justices 
 
DONALD KARL STOCKDALE, JR. 
 
v.  Record No. 002485                          PER CURIAM 
 
 
 
           September 14, 2001 
PATRICIA MAXWELL STOCKDALE 
 
FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA 
 
 
We awarded this appeal to review a judgment of the Court 
of Appeals holding that the trial court's statement that the 
respondent, Donald Karl Stockdale, Jr., bore the burden of 
showing by a preponderance of the evidence that his 
relationship with his children would be substantially impaired 
by their relocation was error, but that the error was 
harmless.  Stockdale v. Stockdale, 33 Va. App. 179, 532 S.E.2d 
332 (2000). 
 
For the reasons set forth in the opinion of the Court of 
Appeals, we will affirm that court's judgment.