Lee V. Lee

We granted an en banc hearing to Wallace Henry Lee, Jr., whose appeal was affirmed because a majority of the panel found that he had not complied with the provisions of Rule 5A:18.*fn1 Appellant concedes that the record fails to disclose that an objection with specific reasons therefor was made to any relevant ruling or finding of the trial court. Appellant contends that Rule 5A:18 is relevant only to evidentiary rulings and not to final orders or decrees. The trial court's order was drafted by appellant's counsel and endorsed under the phrase "Seen and Objected to." Thus, while he did object to the entry of the final order, he did not object to any specific ruling or state his "grounds therefor," as required by the rule.