Virginia Statutes

§ 20-68 — Appeal

Virginia·Title 20 DOMESTIC RELATIONS·Ch. 5 DESERTION AND NONSUPPORT
The person accused shall have the same right of appeal as provided by law in other similar cases; provided that any order of court requiring support of a spouse or children shall remain in full force and effect until reversed or modified by judgment of a superior court, and in the interim the order shall be enforceable by the court entering it and the court may punish for violation of the order as for contempt. After the judgment of conviction and entry of order of support from which no appeal is taken the hearing in the appellate court on an appeal from any subsequent order, modification or amendment shall be restricted to the particular matter or order appealed from.

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Legislative History

1944, p. 212; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1937c; 1974, c. 464.

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