53.1-223 - Restriction on suits against prisoners. - Virginia Statutes

§ 53.1-223. Restriction on suits against prisoners.

No action or suit on any claim or demand, except suits for divorce, actionsto establish a parent and child relationship between a child and a prisonerand actions to establish a prisoner's child support obligation, shall bemaintained against a prisoner after judgment of conviction and while he isincarcerated, except through his committee, unless a guardian ad litem isappointed for the prisoner pursuant to § 8.01-9, or an attorney licensed topractice law in the Commonwealth has entered of record an appearance for suchprisoner. However, in any suit for divorce instituted against a prisoner, thecourt shall appoint a committee prior to any determination as to the propertyof the parties under § 20-107.3.

(Code 1950, § 53-307.1; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 398; 2000, c.404; 2006, c. 553.)