Julia M. Greenway v. John B. Greenway

COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA
Present: Judges Frank, McClanahan and Senior Judge Willis
JULIA M. GREENWAY
MEMORANDUM OPINION*
v. Record No. 2115-06-4 PER CURIAM
MAY 15, 2007
JOHN B. GREENWAY
FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY
R. Terrence Ney, Judge
(Polly B. Knight; Knight & Stough, LLP, on briefs), for appellant.
Appellant submitting on briefs.
(Drake T. Brodin, on brief), for appellee. Appellee submitting on
brief.
Julia M. Greenway (wife) appeals from the circuit court’s July 27, 2006 final decree
awarding John B. Greenway a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. On appeal, wife lists eight questions
presented, challenging the court’s equitable distribution and child support rulings. Upon review of
the record and briefs of the parties, we dismiss this appeal for wife’s failure to comply with the
requirements of Rule 5A:20(d).
ANALYSIS
In her opening brief, wife included no statement of facts and recites in argument only
selected factual assertions without providing a fair recitation of all the evidence bearing on the
issues raised.
Rule 5A:20(d) requires an appellant’s opening brief to include “[a] clear and concise
statement of the facts that relate to the questions presented, with references to the pages of the
*
Pursuant to Code § 17.1-413, this opinion is not designated for publication.
transcript, written statement, record, or appendix.” Because this Court “will not search the record
for errors in order to interpret the appellant’s contention and correct deficiencies in a brief,”
Buchanan v. Buchanan, 14 Va. App. 53, 56, 415 S.E.2d 237, 239 (1992), we will not consider a
“Question Presented” that is unsupported by the requirements of Rule 5A:20. See, e.g., Barrs v.
Barrs, 45 Va. App. 500, 512, 612 S.E.2d 227, 232-33 (2005); Courembis v. Courembis, 43
Va. App. 18, 26, 595 S.E.2d 505, 509 (2004).
Wife set forth no statement of facts relating to her questions presented. By failing to provide
such a statement of facts, wife has failed to satisfy the requirements of Rule 5A:20(d).
“[S]tatements unsupported by argument, authority, or citations to the record do not merit
appellate consideration.” Buchanan, 14 Va. App. at 56, 415 S.E.2d at 239. Thus, we will not
consider these issues on appeal.
Accordingly, wife’s appeal is dismissed.
Dismissed.
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