2006 Code of Virginia § 20-121.01 - Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board

20-121.01. Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree frombed and board.

In any case where willful desertion or cruelty is the ground for divorce andthe bill of complaint prays for a divorce from bed and board the court mayenter a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without the entry of adecree 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 ofthe opinion that no reconciliation has taken place, or is probable.

(1956, c. 93; 1970, c. 538; 1975, c. 644.)

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