Code Section
20-91
Residency
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
Separation (1 yr.).
Defenses
Adultery, buggery, or sodomy: cohabitation after knowledge, act occurred more than 5 yrs. before suit for divorce, or party procured or connived act
Grounds
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.