Divorce
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5 of Chapter 483 of the Acts of Assembly of 1922, approved March 27, 1922, which chapter provided for the appointment, in the counties and in certain cities, of special justices to be known as judges of juvenile and domestic relations courts and prescribed their jurisdiction, powers, duties and compensation, Section 5 relating to powers and jurisdiction of such special justices. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 5115 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to merging a decree for divorce from bed and board into a decree from the bond of matrimony. |
| An ACT to amend the Code of Virginia by adding 3 new sections numbered 5108-a, 5167-a 1 and 5439-a to provide forms that may be used in the publication of requisite notice in certain proceedings or under certain circumstances. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact Section 1948-a of the Code of Virginia, relating to referees in juvenile and domestic relations courts in certain cities, and providing for reimbursement by the Commonwealth of part of the compensation of such referees. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5115 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to merging a decree for divorce from bed and board into a decree from the bonds of matrimony. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 5111, as amended, of the Code of Virginia relating to the powers of courts and in regard to the estate and maintenance of parties and custody, etc., of children in divorce st 208 |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3484 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, in relation to fees of clerks of courts. |
| An ACT to amend and reenact Section 3485 of the Code of Virginia relating to fees of clerks of courts of record. |
| AN ACT to provide a new charter for the Town of Parksley, Accomack County, Virginia; to repeal all acts, or parts of acts in conflict therewith; to validate all contracts heretofore or hereafter made by the present council and government while in office not inconsistent with this charter or the Constitution and general laws of this State; and to repeal all former charters of the town of Parksley, including Chapter 362 of the Acts of Assembly of 1916, approved March 20, 1916, as amended. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-61 of the Code of 1950, relating to desertion and nonsupport, so as to raise the amount of forfeiture in such cases. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 14-123 of the Code of 1950 relating to fees charged by clerks of courts. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-121 of the Code of 1950, relating to merger of decrees for divorce from bed and board with decree for divorce from bond of matrimony. |
| AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 20-71.1,80 as to make certain provisions for attorney’s fees in proceedings under § 20-71 of the Code of 1950, relating to temporary orders for support. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-76 of the Code of 1950, relating to publication of notices, so as to provide for the dispensing with the publication in cases in which the person is legally served with process. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact §§ 58-78, 58-81, 58-82, 58-84, 58-98, 58-105, 58-119, 58-120 and 58-122 of the Code of 1950, relating to taration of income, the sections, respectively, relating to gross income, deductions, limitation on deductions of non-residents, items not deductible, personal exemptions, returns, provisions applicable to fiduciaries, provisions applicable to estates and trusts, and returns by fiduciaries; and to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section numbered 58-121.1, relating to income of an estate or trust in case of divorce; and to repeal §§ 58-99 and 58-100 of the Code of 1950, relating to exemptions and status of individuals. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-888 of the Code of 1950, relating to liens on real estate of decree for alimony, to extend the provisions to maintenance, support and education of infant children of parties to a divorce |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-104 of the Code of 1950 relating to orders of publication against nonresident defendant, to provide that publication may be had in case of a suit for annulment of marriage. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 20 a Chapter numbered 5.2 containing §§ 20-88.12 through 20-88.31, relating to duty of support and civil and criminal enforcement thereof; and to repeal Chapter 5.1 of Title 20, containing §§ 20-88.1 through 20-88.11, relating to same matters. |
| An Act to provide a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson, in the county of Shenandoah; and to repeal Chapter 141 of the Acts of Assembly of 1887-1888, as amended, which chapter provided a charter for the town of Mt. Jackson. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-72 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspending of sentence and release on probation, of defendants in desertion and nonsupport cases, so as to remove one class of persons from those to whom the court may direct certain payments to be made. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-91 and 20-121 of the Code of Virginia as amended, relating respectively, to the grounds for divorce from the bond of matrimony, and to the merger of a decree for divorce from bed and board with a decree for divorce from the bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 14-123 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to fees of clerks of court. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78 as amended of the Code of Virginia, which section defines gross income. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 16-172.1, 16-172.4, 16-172.6, 16-172.7, 16-172.9, 16-172.11, 16-172.17, 16-172.28, 16-172.25, 16-172.80, 16-172.31, 16-172.83, 16-172.88, 16-172.89, 16-172.42, 16-172.48, 16-172.44, 16-172.49, 16-172.51, 16-172.52, 16-172.60, 16-172.65, 16-172.66, 16-172.67, 16-172.69, 16-172.70, 16-172.71, 16-172.75, 16-172.77, 16-172.78, 16-172.79 and 16-172.80 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the purpose and intent of the juvenile and domestic relations law, to juvenile and domestic relations courts, judiciary and officials, to jurisdiction, practice and procedure of such courts, to commitments and arrests and detention of juveniles, and to the probation officers of such courts; to repeal § 16-172.73 of the Code of Virginia, relating to local superintendents as probation officers and to appropriate funds. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered § 63-356.2, relating to when, in certain adoptions, reference to and investigation by the Director of Welfare and Institutions may be dispensed with. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-88 of the Code of Virginia, relating to support of parents by children. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 14-124 of the Code of Virginia, relating to certain fees to be charged by clerks of courts of record in chancery cases. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 46-255 of the Code of Virginia, relating to vehicles stopping or yielding right of way before entering Highway System. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-107 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the powers of courts to make certain decrees upon decreeing a divorce or the dissolution of a marriage. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-93 of the Code of Virginia, relating to insanity as a defense in certain divorce cases. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-61 as amended, 20-62, 20-63 and 20-88 as amended of the Code of Virginia, relating to desertion or nonsupport of wife, children and parents in certain circumstances, punishment therefor, forfeitures, commitment to certain penal institutions and payment of certain funds for the support of such dependents. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 58-78 and 58-81, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating. respectively, to the definition of gross income and to deductions allowed taxpayers reporting income. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, which section defines gross income. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 1-18.23:1, so as to define the word "process"; and to amend and reenact §§ 8-54, 8-55, and 8-56 as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to how notice, summons and sctre facias served in certain cases. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-888, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to liens on real estate of decrees for alimony and for maintenance, support and education of infant children of parties to a divorce proceeding. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to gross income for purposes of income taxation. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 20-100 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the filing of certificates evidencing marriage with bills for divorce. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.41 and §§ 16-172.42 and 16-172.48, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a new section numbered 16-172.42:1, all relating to the transfer of cases involving a child or minor. |
| An Act to permit the Cities of Hampton, Newport News and Warwick, acting pursuant to Section 15-220 et seq. of the Code of Virginia, 1950, and Acts Amendatory thereto, to incorporate in the provisions of the agreement providing for consolidation of all three cities certain optional provisions which may be set forth in whole or in part in any agreement submitted in a referendum on consolidation of all three cities, and to provide for the provisions which may be included |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia, relating to courts not of record; to that end to repeal Title 16 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 6 and §§ 16-1 to 16-129.1 and Chapter 7 including §§ 16-172.1 to 16-172.84, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to courts not of record; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code re- pealed by this act a new title numbered 16.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 16.1-1 to 16.1-217, both inclusive, relating to courts not of record; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-105, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to individual income tax returns. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto a section numbered 20-121.01 allowing the entry of a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without a decree from bed and board under certain circumstances. |
| An Act to validate certain absolute divorces granted in this State under certain circumstances. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 18-82 of the Code of Virginia, relating to adultery and fornication; incest. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 6-55.1 to provide for vesting of joint bank deposits of husband and wife upon death of either spouse or divorce. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 16-172.28, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the jurisdiction of juvenile and domestic relations courts. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-97 of the Code of Virginia, relating to domicile and residence requirement to maintain suits for annulling a marriage or for divorce, |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 55-106.1, providing for the recording and indexing of certain documents showing changes of names. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 8-288, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the testimony of husband and wife in criminal cases. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 68-878.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to offenses committed by juveniles in the custody of the Department of Welfare and Institutions. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 64-25 of the Code of Virginia, relating to assignment of curtesy. |
| AN ACT to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definition of gross income and exclusions therefrom for purpose of income taxation. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-121, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to merger of decree of divorce from bed and board into decree for divorce from bonds of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-61, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to desertion or nonsupport of wife or children in necessitous circumstances. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-169 of the Code of Virginia, relating to approval of compromises on behalf of infants or insane persons in suits to which they are parties. |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the general laws of Virginia relating to crimes and offenses generally; to that end to repeal Title 18 of the Code of Virginia, which title includes Chapters 1 to 11 and §§ 18-1 to 18-366, inclusive, of the Code of Virginia, as amended, which title relates to crimes and offenses generally; to amend the Code of Virginia by adding thereto in lieu of the foregoing title, chapters and sections of the Code repealed by this act a new title numbered 18.1, which title includes eight new chapters numbered 1 to 8, both inclusive, and new sections numbered §§ 18.1-1 to 18.1-429, both inclusive, relating to crimes and offenses generally; to prescribe when such revision and recodification shall become effective; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-118, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against remarriage on dissolution of bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to revise, rearrange, amend and recodify the laws of Virginia relating to vital statistics |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-79 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the effect of divorce proceedings upon the jurisdiction of certain courts as to alimony, support and custody. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-91, as amended, Code of Virginia relating to grounds for divorce from the bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-54 and 8-76, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to serving notices in a sutt for annulling a marriage or for divorce. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 2 of Chapter 590 of the Acts of Assembly of 1952, approved April 8, 1952, which provided a charter for the town of Emporia, the section relating to powers of the town. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to definition of gross income and exclusions therefrom for purpose of income taxation. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-107, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to powers of courts to make certain decrees in divorces and dissolution of marriages. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 2-29, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to holding State or local office or employment while holding office or employment under the government of the United States. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 46.1-857, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure and conditions for issuing operators’ and chauffeurs’ licenses to certain persons. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-91, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grounds of divorce from the bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-118, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to prohibition against remarriage on dissolution of bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 8-636, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to the maximum amounts and distribution of damages recoverable for death by wrongful act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 11, as amended, of Chapter 239 of the Acts of Assembly of 1934, which provided a charter for the city of Staunton, relating to the powers of the Council. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 46.1-427 and 46.1-429 of the Code of Virginia, relating to suspension of operator’s or chauffeur’s licenses of mentally ill, epileptic and mentally deficient persons, and to reports to the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles of persons admitted to mental institutions; and to repeal § 46.1-428 of the Code, as amended, relating to suspension and restoration of licenses of inebriates or habitual users of drugs. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 20-45 and 20-47 of the Code of Virginia relating to voidance of certain prohibited marriages and prohibiting marriages with certain patients in State mental institutions |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-113 of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedures when respondents fail to perform certain orders of support. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-91, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grounds of divorce from the bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-88.20 of the Code of Virginia, relating to enforcement of duties of support under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-79 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, relating to the effect of divorce proceedings in desertion and non-support proceedings. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-91, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to grounds of divorce from the bond of matrimony. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 82-358.82 and 32-858.88, relating to reporting to the State Registrar of Vital Statistics of adoptions and divorces, respectively, and to repeal §§ 68-859 and 20-128 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the same matters. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-97, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to domicile and residence requirements in suits for annulling a marriage or for divorce. |
| An Act to amend and re-enact § 20-113, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to procedure when respondent in divorce cases fails to perform duty of support of child or alimony, or owes support or alimony or additional support, referral to juvenile and domestic relations court. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-54, as amended, and 20-99, of the Code of Virginia, relating to how notice served in annulment or divorce cases; how divorce or annulment suits instituted and conducted, so as to provide an alternative method for serving certain notices. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to gross income for State income tax purposes; exclusions therefrom. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-88, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to support of parents by children. |
| An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 8-47.1, relating to service of process in suits for annulment, affirmance or divorce. |
| An Act to abolish causes of action for alienation of affection, breach of promise, criminal conversation and to provide that knowingly causing or contributing to the disruption of a marital relationship shall constitute a misdemeanor; punishment therefor and jurisdiction thereof. |
| Act to amend and reenact § 20-121, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to merger of decree of divorce from bed and board into a final decree of divorce and other procedural matters relating thereto. |
| An ACT to amend and re-enact sections 1, 3, 5, 7 and 15 of chapter 196 of the Code of Virginia for 1860, in regard to Unlawful Marriages. |
| An ACT to authorize the Circuit Court of Halifax County to rehear the Case of Spragins vs. Spragins. |
| An Act to amend and reenact §§ 14.1-112 and 14.1-118, of the Code of Virginia, relating to fees charged by clerks of courts of record. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-61, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to desertion and nonsupport of wife and children and punishment therefor. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 20-98 of the Code of Virginia, relating to venue in suits for divorce, annulment and affirmation of marriage. |
| An Act to amend and reenact § 58-78, as amended, of the Code of Virginia, relating to determination of gross income for State income tax purposes. |
| An Act to provide for the admission of results of blood tests into evidence in certain cases. |
| An Act to prescribe the duty of certain persons relating to the provision of medical treatment for injured minors, and to provide a penalty for violations. |
| An Act to amend and re-enact section 1 of chapter 105, Code of 1873, in reference to granting divorces. |
| An ACT relating to the custody of infants |
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