20-121.01 - Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board. - Virginia Statutes

§ 20-121.01. Decree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree frombed and board.

In any case where willful desertion or cruelty is the ground for divorce andthe bill of complaint prays for a divorce from bed and board the court mayenter a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without the entry of adecree from bed and board if the statutory period, as set out in § 20-121,has elapsed prior to the entry of said decree and if the court shall be ofthe opinion that no reconciliation has taken place, or is probable.

(1956, c. 93; 1970, c. 538; 1975, c. 644.)