Case Name: Fernandez v. Fernandez
Court: Fairfax County Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1989-12-15
Citations: 17 Va. Cir. 439
Docket Number: Case No. (Chancery) 113750
Parties: Fernandez v. Fernandez
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Circuit Court Opinions
Volume: 17
Pages: 439–439

Head Matter:
CIRCUIT COURT OF FAIRFAX COUNTY
Fernandez v. Fernandez
December 15, 1989
Case No. (Chancery) 113750

Opinion:
By JUDGE F. BRUCE BACH
Complainant seeks a decree affirming, ratifying, and incorporating a "property settlement agreement" as its Decree in a suit for separate maintenance. Defendant acknowledges the agreement but objects to a Decree.
Va. Code Section 20-109.1 allows a court to affirm, ratify, and incorporate by reference a valid property settlement agreement in a "decree dissolving a marriage or a decree of divorce." A suit for separate maintenance requests neither a decree of divorce nor dissolution. I know of no authority allowing such incorporation by the court in the context of a suit for separate maintenance. I deny complainant's request.