In granting a divorce from bed and board, the court may decree that the parties be perpetually separated and protected in their persons and property. Such decree shall operate upon property thereafter acquired, and upon the personal rights and legal capacities of the parties, as a decree for a divorce from the bond of matrimony, except that neither party shall marry again during the life of the other.
Va. Code Ann. § 20-116
Effect of divorce from bed and board and what court may decree
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 473 F. Supp. 517 - Carter v. Califano (1979)
Most recently applied in Hunter v. Sullivan (August 1989)
Code 1919, § 5112.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.