                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

RESTRICTION ON SUITS AGAINST PRISONERS (§ 53.1-223)

No action or suit on any claim or demand, except suits for divorce, actions to
establish a parent and child relationship between a child and a prisoner and
actions to establish a prisoner&#8217;s child support obligation, shall be
maintained against a prisoner after judgment of conviction and while he is
incarcerated, except through his committee, unless a guardian ad litem is
appointed for the prisoner pursuant to § 8.01-9, or an attorney licensed to
practice law in the Commonwealth has entered of record an appearance for such
prisoner. However, in any suit for divorce instituted against a prisoner, the
court shall appoint a committee prior to any determination as to the property of
the parties under § 20-107.3.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 53-307.1; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 398; 2000,
c. 404; 2006, c. 553.