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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86231</law_id><section_number>20-121.02</section_number><catch_line>Decree of divorce without amended bill or amended cross-bill</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-106</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>In any divorce suit wherein a <span class="dictionary">bill of complaint</span> or cross-bill prays for a divorce from the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of matrimony under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree" href="/20-91/">20-91</a> or prays for a divorce from bed and board under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds for divorces from bed and board" href="/20-95/">20-95</a>, at such time as there exists in either <span class="dictionary">party</span>&#x2019;s favor grounds for a divorce from the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of matrimony under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree" href="/20-91/">20-91</a> A (9), either <span class="dictionary">party</span> may move the <span class="dictionary">court</span> wherein such divorce suit is pending for a divorce from the <span class="dictionary">bonds</span> of matrimony on the grounds set out in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Grounds for divorce from bond of matrimony; contents of decree" href="/20-91/">20-91</a> A (9) without amending the <span class="dictionary">bill of complaint</span> or cross-bill.</p></section></text><history>1977, c. 283; 1984, c. 633; 1986, c. 252; 1988, c. 362; 1989, c. 207.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
