CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN SUIT DISCONTINUED UNLESS REVIVED (§ 8.01-18)

If the committee, personal representative, heir, or devisee of the plaintiff or
appellant who was a party, or of the decedent whose personal representative was
plaintiff or appellant, shall not make a motion for substitution of parties
under the applicable Rules of Court within a reasonable time after there may
have been a suggestion on the record of the fact making such motion proper, the
suit of such plaintiff or appellant shall be discontinued, unless good cause be
shown to the contrary.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-153; 1954, c. 333; 1977, c. 617.