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Domicile and residential requirements for suits for annulment, affirmance, or divorce (§ 20-97)—Virginia Decoded - Virginia Decoded
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§ 20-97 Domicile and residential requirements for suits . . .
§ 20-97
Domicile and residential requirements for suits for annulment, affirmance, or divorce
No suit for annulling a marriage or for divorce shall be maintainable, unless one of the parties was at the time of the filing of the suit and had been for at least six months preceding the filing of the suit an actual bona fide resident and domiciliary of this Commonwealth, nor shall any suit for affirming a marriage be maintainable, unless one of the parties be domiciled in, and is and has been an actual bona fide resident of this Commonwealth at the time of filing such suit.For the purposes of this section only:
3. Any member of the armed forces of the United States or any foreign service officer of the United States who (i) at the time the suit is filed is, or immediately preceding such suit was, stationed in any territory or foreign country and (ii) was domiciled in the Commonwealth for the six-month period immediately preceding his being stationed in such territory or country, shall be deemed to have been domiciled in and to have been a bona fide resident of the Commonwealth during the six months preceding the filing of a suit for annulment or divorce.
Code 1919, § 5105; 1922, p. 589; 1958, c. 169; 1968, c. 455; 1974, c. 278; 1978, c. 412; 1985, c. 304; 1987, c. 35; 1988, c. 448; 1991, c. 259; 2009, c. 582; 2015, c. 315.
If you’re reading this for anything important, you should double-check its accuracy—read § 20-97 on the official Code of Virginia website.
. . . James H. Childs v. Paul F. Pegelow, Etc., Charles 5x Lincoln . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 08/01/63)
. . . F.2d 917, cert. denied, 344 U.S. 822, 73 S.Ct. 20, 97 L.Ed. 640; Stroud v. Swope, 187 F.2d 850 (9th . . .
United States v. Herman L. Taylor (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 06/05/63)
. . . (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 344 U.S. 838, 73 S.Ct. 20, 97 L.Ed. 652 (1952); Ong v. United States, 131 . . .
Raiford v. Raiford (SCV, 01/21/52)
. . . deciding correctly the issues involved. . . .
Westfall v. Westfall (SCV, 06/21/54)
. . . Whittle, JJ. . . .
. . . 174 Va. at 131, 5 S.E.2d at 509. . . .
. . . Melissa E. Debenedetto, a Minor by Her Guardian Ad Litem, . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/16/85)
. . . (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 344 U.S. 838, 73 S.Ct. 20, 97 L.Ed. 652 (1952), quoting Simon v. United . . .
. . . 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 622, 16 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8310 Nora . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 05/10/78)
. . . Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324, 339-40, n. 20, 97 S.Ct. 1843, 52 L.Ed.2d 396 (1977). . . .
. . . -42; see Teamsters, 431 U.S. at 335 n.15, 339 n.20, 97 S.Ct. at 1854 n.15, 1856 n.20; Arlington . . .
Naim v. Naim (COA, 01/18/56)
. . . determine the cause. Code of Virginia, §§ 20-96, 20-97, 20-98. The Supreme Court of Appeals of . . .
Davis v. Davis (SCV, 09/10/65)
. . . jurisdictional and venue requirements of Code, || 20-97 and 20-98 and the trial court, therefore, . . .