CHAPTER 409

AN ACT to amend the Code of 1950 by adding a section num-

bered 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.

[ H 672 ]

Approved April 5, 1950

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of 1950 be amended by adding a section
numbered 20-71.1, as follows:

§ 20-71.1. In any proceeding by a wife under § 20-71
before the special justice, the juvenile and domestic relations
court or on appeal before a court of record, petitioning to be
allowed support for herself or the infant child or children of the
husband, the justice or juvenile and domestic relations court
may direct the husband, in addition to the allowance to the wife
and support and maintenance for the infant children, to pay to
the wife’s attorney, upon such terms and conditions and in such
time as the justice or court shall deem reasonable, an attorney’s
fee deemed reasonable by the court for such services as said
attorney before said court. Upon appeal of the matter to a court
of record, the judge of the court of record may direct that the
husband, in addition to the fees allowed to the wife’s attorney by
the justice or juvenile and domestic relations court, pay to the
wife’s attorney at such time and upon such terms and conditions
as the judge deems reasonable, an attorney’s fee deemed reason-
able by the court for such services of said attorney before said
court of record, but in fixing said fee such court shall take into
consideration the fee or fees directed to be paid by the court from
which said appeal was taken.