If at any time after verdict or judgment in the trial court during the pendency of an appeal or before the appeal is granted, the marriage, change of name or death of a party, or any other fact which might otherwise be relied on in abatement occurs, and such fact is suggested or relied on in abatement in the Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, the court may, in its discretion, take or retain jurisdiction and enter judgment or decree in the case as if such event had not occurred.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-20
Effect of marriage, change of name or death on appeal
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Brown v. Resort Developments (1989)
Most recently applied in 111 F. Supp. 3d 745 - Blankenship v. United States (May 2015)
Code 1950, § 8-148; 1973, c. 401; 1977, c. 617; 1984, c. 703.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.