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Virginia Legal Requirements for Divorce
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Requirements for Divorce
| Code Section | 20-91 |
| Residency Requirements | One party resident and domiciled 6 months before suit. 20-97 |
| Waiting Period | Decree immediate on determination of issues. Remarriage prohibited during appeal. |
| 'No Fault' Grounds for Divorce | Separation (1 yr.). |
| Defenses to a Divorce Filing | Adultery, buggery, or sodomy: cohabitation after knowledge, act occurred more than 5 yrs. before suit for divorce, or party procured or connived act |
| Other Grounds for Divorce | Adultery or sodomy or buggery committed outside the marriage; subsequent conviction of felony and confined for more than one year without cohabitation following confinement; cruelty, caused fear of bodily hurt or willfully deserted 1 yr. from the date of such act; lived separate lives without cohabitation and without interruption for one year. |
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