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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86285</law_id><section_number>20-105</section_number><catch_line>Permissible form for orders of publication</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-105.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Divorce, Affirmation and Annulment</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">orders</span> of publication under the provisions of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Order of publication against nonresident defendant" href="/20-104/">20-104</a> may be substantially in the form following:
		Virginia: In the _______________ <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of _______________,
		__________, 20_____
		(Here set forth Style of Cause)
		The <span class="dictionary">object</span> of this suit is to obtain (an <span class="dictionary">annulment</span> of marriage) (a divorce from bed and board) (a divorce from the <span class="dictionary">bond</span> of matrimony) from the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> on the ground of _______________,
		(here set forth grounds)
		________________________________________
		(here set forth other relief prayed for, if any)
		________________________________________
		(here set forth the styles and <span class="dictionary">objects</span> of the suits for divorce or <span class="dictionary">annulment</span> combined)
		It appearing from an <span class="dictionary">affidavit</span> (that the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>(s) is not a resident (are not residents) of this Commonwealth,) (or) (that diligence has been used by or on behalf of <span class="dictionary">plaintiff</span>(s) to ascertain in what county or city the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>(s) is (are), without effect,) it is ordered that the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span> appear before this <span class="dictionary">court</span> (within ten days after due publication of this notice) (before _______________, 20_____) and protect (his) (her) (their) interests herein.
		An Extract-Teste:
		_______________ p.q.
		______________________________ (Clerk)</p></section></text><history>1946, p. 272; Michie Suppl. 1946, &#xA7; 5108a; 1974, c. 581.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
