Recognizance for compliance with order or decree (§ 20-114)—Virginia Decoded

Recognizance for compliance with order or decree

Upon the entry, or thereafter, of any order or decree for support and maintenance for a spouse or a child or children in a pending or concluded divorce suit, a mensa et thoro or a vinculo matrimonii or suit for separate maintenance, the court in its discretion may require the giving of a recognizance, with or without surety, for compliance therewith, by the party against whom such order or decree is entered.

History

1942, p. 639; Michie Code 1942, § 5111a; 1975, c. 644.

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Court Decisions

Lawrence v. Lawrence (SCV, 06/14/71)
. . . payment of alimony, under the provisions of Code | 20-114, was not error. The statute provides that . . .

Canavos v. Canavos (SCV, 01/18/65)
. . . the husband, as provided in Code 1950, section 20-114. . . .

Davis v. Davis (SCV, 09/10/65)
. . . this connection, attention is called to Code, | 20-114, which provides that the court may, in its . . .

Morris v. Henry (SCV, 04/21/52)
. . . such lien whether accrued or to accrue. . . .

. . . Louis Joe Truesdale v. Michael B. Moore, Commissioner, South . . . (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 04/29/98)
. . . See, e.g., Victor v. Nebraska, 511 U.S. 1, 19-20, 114 S.Ct. 1239, 1249-50, 127 L.Ed.2d 583 (1994). . . .

Weaver v. Com. (COA, 04/13/99)
. . . in this State. . . .

Dixon v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 05/28/96)
. . . Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc., 510 U.S. 17, 20, 114 S.Ct. 367, 370, 126 L.Ed.2d 295 (1993)); e.g. . . .

MERCURY MALL ASSOCIATES v. Nick's Market, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 11/03/04)
. . . of response in and of itself." Id. at 819-20, 114 S.Ct. 1960. . . .

Chisholm v. UHP Projects, Inc. (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 12/22/98)
. . . total liability. See McDermott, 511 U.S. at 219-20, 114 S.Ct. 1461. Rather, in McDermott, the . . .

United States v. Danielczyk (District Court, E.D. Virginia, 05/26/11)
. . . ); Staples v. United States, 511 U.S. 600, 619-20, 114 S.Ct. 1793, 128 L.Ed.2d 608 (1994) . . .

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