Virginia Circuit Court May 3, 2002, Case No. (Law) CL02-14; Case No. J-9037 (Juvenile Appeal) (Bell v. Bell)

By Judge Dennis L. Hupp

These two cases were joined for hearing on April 24,2002. The law case is a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking the return of the minor child, Christopher Steffan Bell, to Ronald Bell, adoptive father of the child (as well as paternal grandfather of the child).