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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54956</law_id><section_number>20-94</section_number><catch_line>Effect of cohabitation after knowledge of adultery, sodomy or buggery; lapse of five years</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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>When the suit is for divorce for adultery, sodomy, or buggery, the divorce shall not be granted, if it appear that the parties voluntarily cohabited after the knowledge of the <span class="dictionary">fact</span> of adultery, sodomy or buggery, or that it occurred more than five years before the institution of the suit, or that it was committed by the procurement or connivance of the <span class="dictionary">party</span> alleging such act.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5110; 1975, c. 644.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
