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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 407 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2010, chapter 794<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60179,"section_number":"6.2-605","catch_line":"Applicability","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-605\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81600,"section_number":"6.2-606","catch_line":"Ownership during lifetime; garnishment, attachment, or levy","order_by":null,"url":"\/6.2-606\/"}],"permalink":{"id":264939,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59409,"identifier":"6.2-607","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-607","url":"\/6.2-607\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/6.2-607\/","token":"6.2\/II\/6\/2\/6.2-607","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of divorce","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 6.2-607","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Upon the entry of a decree<\/span> of divorce, either a mensa et thoro or a vinculo matrimonii, all rights of either consort in any multiple-party<\/span> account<\/span> then existing between them, including the right of survivorship, shall be extinguished; and any joint account<\/span> then existing between the consorts shall thereupon be converted into a tenancy in common, in the proportions provided in subsection A of \u00a7 6.2-606<\/a>, unless otherwise ordered by the court<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF DIVORCE (\u00a7 6.2-607)\n\nUpon the entry of a decree of divorce, either a mensa et thoro or a vinculo\nmatrimonii, all rights of either consort in any multiple-party account then\nexisting between them, including the right of survivorship, shall be\nextinguished; and any joint account then existing between the consorts shall\nthereupon be converted into a tenancy in common, in the proportions provided in\nsubsection A of \u00a7 6.2-606, unless otherwise ordered by the court.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 407, \u00a7 6.1-125.4; 2010, c. 794.","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}}