                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ATTORNEYS&#8217; FEES IN PROCEEDINGS UNDER § 20-71 (§ 20-71.1)

In any proceeding by a spouse petitioning under § 20-71 before the juvenile and
domestic relations district court or on appeal before a court of record, to be
allowed support for himself or herself or the infant child or children of the
defendant, the juvenile and domestic relations district court may direct the
defendant, in addition to the allowance to the spouse and support and
maintenance for the infant children, to pay to the spouse&#8217;s attorney, upon
such terms and conditions and in such time as the court shall deem reasonable,
an attorney&#8217;s fee deemed reasonable by the court for such services as said
attorney before said court. Upon appeal of the matter to a court of record, the
judge of the circuit court may direct that the defendant, in addition to the
fees allowed to the spouse&#8217;s attorney by the juvenile and domestic
relations district court, pay to the spouse&#8217;s attorney at such time and
upon such terms and conditions as the judge deems reasonable, an
attorney&#8217;s fee deemed reasonable by the court for such services of said
attorney before said court of record, but in fixing said fee such court shall
take into consideration the fee or fees directed to be paid by the court from
which said appeal was taken.

HISTORY: 1950, p. 741; 1974, c. 464; 1975, c. 644.