78278220-121.01Virginia Decodedhttps://vacode.org2016Domestic RelationsDivorce, Affirmation And AnnulmentDecree of divorce from bonds of matrimony without decree from bed and board1956, c. 93; 1970, c. 538; 1975, c. 644.Hoback v. HobackRecord No. 6491208 Va. 4321967-12-04https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1203814/hoback-v-hoback/ . . . reconciliation has taken place or is probable (Code | 20-121.01), and to allow complainant's . . . <abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-121.01/20-121Merger of decree for divorce from bed and board with decree for divorce from bond of matrimony/20-121//20-121.01/20/6/20-121.01

In any case where willful desertion or cruelty is the ground for divorce and the bill of complaint prays for a divorce from bed and board the court may enter a decree of divorce from the bonds of matrimony without the entry of a decree from bed and board if the statutory period, as set out in § 20-121, has elapsed prior to the entry of said decree and if the court shall be of the opinion that no reconciliation has taken place, or is probable.section

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