Virginia § 20-121.01 Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board

Virginia Statutes

§ 20-121.01 — Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board

Virginia § 20-121.01

Title 20DOMESTIC RELATIONS

Ch. 6DIVORCE, AFFIRMATION AND ANNULMENT

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Va. Code Ann. § 20-121.01 (2026).

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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 board the court may enter a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without the entry of a decree from bed and board if the statutory period, as set out in § 20-121, has elapsed prior to the entry of said decree and if the court shall be of the opinion that no reconciliation has taken place, or is probable.

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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 board the court may enter a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without the entry of a decree from bed and board if the statutory period, as set out in § 20-121, has elapsed prior to the entry of said decree and if the court shall be of the opinion that no reconciliation has taken place, or is probable.