                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

INSANITY OF GUILTY PARTY AFTER COMMENCEMENT OF DESERTION NO DEFENSE (§ 20-93)

When the suit is for divorce from the bond of matrimony for willful desertion or
abandonment, it shall be no defense that the guilty party has, since the
commencement of such desertion, and within one year thereafter, become and has
been adjudged insane, but at the expiration of one year from the commencement of
such desertion the ground for divorce shall be deemed to be complete, and the
committee of the insane defendant, if there be one, shall be made a party to the
cause, or if there be no committee, then the court shall appoint a guardian ad
litem to represent the insane defendant. This section shall apply whether the
desertion or abandonment commenced heretofore or shall commence hereafter.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5103; 1926, p. 869; 1934, p. 20; 1954, c. 389; 1975, c.
644.