                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

STATUTORY RIGHTS BARRED BY DESERTION OR ABANDONMENT (§ 64.2-308.17)

If a parent willfully deserts or abandons his minor or incapacitated child and
such desertion or abandonment continues until the death of the child, the parent
shall be barred of all interest in the child&#8217;s estate by intestate
succession.

HISTORY: 2016, cc. 187, 269.