                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SPOUSE&#8217;S RIGHT OF ENTRY INTO LAND NOT BARRED BY CERTAIN JUDGMENTS; WHEN A
SPOUSE MAY DEFEND HIS RIGHT IN LANDS THAT ARE HIS INHERITANCE (§ 55.1-203)

A spouse shall not be barred of his right of entry into land by a judgment in
the other spouse&#8217;s lifetime by default or collusion, but after the other
spouse&#8217;s death may prosecute the same by any proper action; or, in the
lifetime of the other spouse, if the other spouse will not appear or, against
the spouse&#8217;s consent, will render the spouse&#8217;s lands during the
coverture in an action against both spouses for lands that are the
spouse&#8217;s inheritance, the spouse may come at any time before judgment and
defend his right.

HISTORY: Code 1919, § 5441; Code 1950, § 55-38; 2019, c. 712.