Code of Virginia - Title 20 Domestic Relations - Chapter 6 Divorce, Affirmation And Annulment
- 20-89 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644. ...
- 20-89.1 Suit to annul marriage
(a) When a marriage is alleged to be void or voidable for any of the causes mentioned in §§ 20-13, 20-38.1, 20-45.1 or by virtue ...
- 20-90 Suit to affirm marriage
When the validity of any marriage shall be denied or doubted by either of the parties, the other party may institute a suit for affirmance ...
- 20-91 Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree
A. A divorce from the bond of matrimony may be decreed: (1) For adultery; or for sodomy or buggery committed outside the marriage; (2) [Repealed.] ...
- 20-92 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644. ...
- 20-93 Insanity of guilty party after commencement of desertion no defense
When the suit is for divorce from the bond of matrimony for willful desertion or abandonment, it shall be no defense that the guilty party ...
- 20-94 Effect of cohabitation after knowledge of adultery, sodomy or buggery; lapse of five year...
When the suit is for divorce for adultery, sodomy, or buggery, the divorce shall not be granted, if it appear that the parties voluntarily cohabited ...
- 20-95 Grounds for divorces from bed and board
A divorce from bed and board may be decreed for cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, willful desertion or abandonment. (Code 1919, § 5104; 1975, ...
- 20-96 Jurisdiction of suits for annulment, affirmance or divorce
The circuit court shall have jurisdiction of suits for annulling or affirming marriage and for divorces, and claims for separate maintenance, and such suits shall ...
- 20-96.1 , 20-96.2
Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 161. ...
- 20-97 Domicile and residential requirements for such suits
No suit for annulling a marriage or for divorce shall be maintainable, unless one of the parties is and has been an actual bona fide ...
- 20-98 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1977, c. 624. ...
- 20-99 How such suits instituted and conducted; costs
Such suit shall be instituted and conducted as other suits in equity, except as otherwise provided in this section: 1. No divorce, annulment, or affirmation ...
- 20-99.1 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1988, c. 583. ...
- 20-99.1:1 How defendant may accept service; waive service
A. A defendant in such suits may accept service of process by signing the proof of service before any officer authorized to administer oaths. This ...
- 20-99.2 Service in divorce and annulment cases
A. In any suit for divorce or annulment or affirmation of a marriage, process may be served in any manner authorized under § 8.01-296. B. ...
- 20-100 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1974, c. 123. ...
- 20-101 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644. ...
- 20-102 When not necessary to allege or prove offer of reconciliation
It shall not be necessary, in any suit for divorce from the bond of matrimony or from bed and board upon the ground of willful ...
- 20-103 Court may make orders pending suit for divorce, custody or visitation, etc
A. In suits for divorce, annulment and separate maintenance, and in proceedings arising under subdivision A 3 or subsection L of § 16.1-241, the court ...
- 20-104 Order of publication against nonresident defendant
In any suit for annulment, for divorce, either a vinculo matrimonii or a mensa et thoro, or for affirmance of a marriage, an affidavit shall ...
- 20-104.1 Orders of publication may be combined
Orders of publication as provided for in § 20-104 in any two or more suits for annulment or divorce may be combined into a single ...
- 20-105 Permissible form for orders of publication
Any orders of publication under the provisions of § 20-104 may be substantially in the form following:
Virginia: In the . . . . . . . . . . . Court of . . . . . . . . . .,
. . . . . . . . . ., 20. . . .
(Here set forth Style of Cause)
The object of this suit is to obtain (an annulment of marriage) (a divorce
from bed and board) (a divorce from the bond of matrimony) from the defendant
on the ground of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
(here set forth grounds)
...
- 20-105.1 Alternative procedures
The provisions of Title 8.01 for orders of publication shall be construed as alternatives to the procedures set forth in §§ 20-104 through 20-105 and ...
- 20-106 Testimony may be required to be given orally; how certified; same footing as deposition
In any suit for divorce the trial court may require the whole or any part of the testimony to be given orally in open court, ...
- 20-107 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1982, c. 309. ...
- 20-107.1 Court may decree as to maintenance and support of spouses
A. Pursuant to any proceeding arising under subsection L of § 16.1-241 or upon the entry of a decree providing (i) for the dissolution of ...
- 20-107.2 Court may decree as to custody and support of minor children
Upon entry of a decree providing (i) for the dissolution of a marriage, (ii) for a divorce, whether from the bond of matrimony or from ...
- 20-107.3 Court may decree as to property of the parties
A. Upon decreeing the dissolution of a marriage, and also upon decreeing a divorce from the bond of matrimony, or upon the filing with the ...
- 20-108 Revision and alteration of such decrees
The court may, from time to time after decreeing as provided in § 20-107.2, on petition of either of the parents, or on its own ...
- 20-108.1 Determination of child or spousal support
A. In any proceeding on the issue of determining spousal support, the court shall consider all evidence presented relevant to any issues joined in that ...
- 20-108.2 Guideline for determination of child support; quadrennial review by Child Support Guidelines Revie...
A. There shall be a rebuttable presumption in any judicial or administrative proceeding for child support under this title or Title 16.1 or 63.2, including ...
- 20-109 Changing maintenance and support for a spouse; effect of stipulations as to maintenance and suppor...
A. Upon petition of either party the court may increase, decrease, or terminate the amount or duration of any spousal support and maintenance that may ...
- 20-109.1 Affirmation, ratification and incorporation by reference in decree of agreement between partie...
Any court may affirm, ratify and incorporate by reference in its decree dissolving a marriage or decree of divorce whether from the bond of matrimony ...
- 20-110 Maintenance and support for a spouse to cease on remarriage
If any former spouse to whom support and maintenance has been awarded shall thereafter marry, such support and maintenance shall cease as of the date ...
- 20-111 Decree of divorce from bond of matrimony extinguishes contingent property rights
Upon the entry of a decree of divorce from the bond of matrimony, all contingent rights of either consort in the real and personal property ...
- 20-111.1 Revocation of death benefits by divorce or annulment
A. Upon the entry of a decree of annulment or divorce from the bond of matrimony on and after July 1, 1993, any revocable beneficiary ...
- 20-112 Notice when proceedings reopened
When the proceedings are reopened to increase, decrease or terminate maintenance and support for a spouse or for a child, or to request additional orders ...
- 20-113 Procedure when respondent fails to perform order for support and maintenance of child or spouse or ...
The court, when it finds the respondent has failed to perform the order of the court concerning the custody or the maintenance and support of ...
- 20-114 Recognizance for compliance with order or decree
Upon the entry, or thereafter, of any order or decree for support and maintenance for a spouse or a child or children in a pending ...
- 20-115 Commitment and sentence for failure to comply with order or decree
Upon failure or refusal to give the recognizance provided for in § 20-114, or upon conviction of any party for contempt of court in (i) ...
- 20-116 Effect of divorce from bed and board and what court may decree
In granting a divorce from bed and board, the court may decree that the parties be perpetually separated and protected in their persons and property. ...
- 20-117 Divorce from bond of matrimony after divorce from bed and board
The granting of a divorce from bed and board shall not be a bar to either party obtaining a divorce from the bonds of matrimony ...
- 20-118 Prohibition of remarriage pending appeal from divorce decree; certain marriages validated
On the dissolution of the bond of matrimony for any cause arising subsequent to the date of the marriage, if objections or exceptions are noted ...
- 20-119 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1975, c. 644. ...
- 20-120 Revocation of decree from bed and board
A decree of divorce from bed and board entered in a suit pursuant to § 20-95 shall at any time thereafter, upon submission of an ...
- 20-121 Merger of decree for divorce from bed and board with decree for divorce from bond of matrimon...
In any case where a decree of divorce from bed and board has been granted, and the court shall determine that one year has elapsed ...
- 20-121.01 Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board
In any case where willful desertion or cruelty is the ground for divorce and the bill of complaint prays for a divorce from bed and ...
- 20-121.02 Decree of divorce without amended bill or amended cross-bill
In any divorce suit wherein a bill of complaint or cross-bill prays for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony under § 20-91 or prays ...
- 20-121.03 Identifying information confidential; separate addendum
Any petition, pleading, motion, order, or decree filed under this chapter, including any agreements of the parties or transcripts, shall not contain the social security ...
- 20-121.1 Reinstatement of suit
In any suit which has been stricken from the docket, and in which complete relief has not been obtained, upon the motion or application of ...
- 20-121.2 Validation of absolute divorce granted where no decree from bed and board
Any absolute divorce granted in this Commonwealth under circumstances in which the bill of complaint prayed for a divorce from bed and board with leave ...
- 20-121.3 Validation of certain divorces granted prior to April 23, 1962
Every divorce granted by any court of record of this Commonwealth prior to April 23, 1962, and otherwise valid shall be valid notwithstanding the fact ...
- 20-121.4 Restoration of former name
Upon decreeing a divorce from the bond of matrimony the court shall, on motion of a party who changed his or her name by reason ...
- 20-122 Advertising offer to obtain divorces
Whosoever prints, publishes, distributes, or circulates, or causes to be printed, published, distributed, or circulated, any circular, pamphlet, card, handbill, advertisement, printed paper, book, newspaper, ...
- 20-123 Description unavailable
Repealed by Acts 1964, c. 99. ...
- 20-124 Sequestration of record
Upon motion of a party to any suit under this chapter, the court may order the record thereof or any agreement of the parties, filed ...
Last modified: April 3, 2009