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The information necessary to prepare the report, including the social security number of each party or the control number issued a party by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 46.2-342, shall be furnished, with the petition or when filing the decree, to the clerk of the court by the petitioner or his attorney on forms prescribed by the Board and furnished by the State Registrar. Information on the report shall include the age of the parties and the number of minor children involved in the divorce or annulment.B\n\nOn or before the tenth day of each month the clerk of court shall forward to the State Registrar the report of each final decree of divorce and annulment granted during the preceding calendar month and such related reports as the State Registrar may require.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":246932,"text":"For each final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage granted by a court in the Commonwealth, a report shall be certified and filed by the clerk of court with the State Registrar. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 9 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1964, chapter 99; in 1972, chapter 312; in 1977, chapter 135; in 1979, chapter 711; in 1997, chapters 794<\/a> and 898<\/a>; in 2002, chapter 353<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 88<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 679<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 209<\/a>, 210<\/a>, and 211<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":79681,"section_number":"46.2-342","catch_line":"What license to contain; organ donor information; Uniform Donor Document","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-342\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204263,"object_type":"law","relational_id":68236,"identifier":"32.1-268","token":"32.1\/7\/5\/32.1-268","url":"\/32.1-268\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-268\/","token":"32.1\/7\/5\/32.1-268","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reports of divorces and annulments","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-268","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For each final decree<\/span> of divorce or annulment<\/span> of marriage granted by a court in the Commonwealth, a report shall be certified and filed by the clerk of court<\/span> with the State Registrar. The information necessary to prepare the report, including the social security number of each party<\/span> or the control number issued a party<\/span> by the Department<\/span> of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 46.2-342<\/a>, shall be furnished, with the petition<\/span> or when filing the decree<\/span>, to the clerk of the court by the petitioner or his attorney on forms prescribed by the Board<\/span> and furnished by the State Registrar. Information on the report shall include the age of the parties and the number of minor<\/span> children involved in the divorce or annulment<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> On or before the tenth day of each month the clerk of court<\/span> shall forward to the State Registrar the report of each final decree<\/span> of divorce and annulment<\/span> granted during the preceding calendar month and such related reports as the State Registrar may require. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREPORTS OF DIVORCES AND ANNULMENTS (\u00a7 32.1-268)\n\nA. For each final decree of divorce or annulment of marriage granted by a court\nin the Commonwealth, a report shall be certified and filed by the clerk of court\nwith the State Registrar. The information necessary to prepare the report,\nincluding the social security number of each party or the control number issued\na party by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to § 46.2-342, shall\nbe furnished, with the petition or when filing the decree, to the clerk of the\ncourt by the petitioner or his attorney on forms prescribed by the Board and\nfurnished by the State Registrar. Information on the report shall include the\nage of the parties and the number of minor children involved in the divorce or\nannulment.\n\nB. On or before the tenth day of each month the clerk of court shall forward to\nthe State Registrar the report of each final decree of divorce and annulment\ngranted during the preceding calendar month and such related reports as the\nState Registrar may require.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 32-353.33; 1964, c. 99; 1972, c. 312; 1977, c. 135; 1979,\nc. 711; 1997, cc. 794, 898; 2002, c. 353; 2004, c. 88; 2005, c. 679; 2020, cc.\n209, 210, 211.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}