CODE OF VIRGINIA

TEMPORARY ORDERS FOR SUPPORT (§ 20-71)

At any time before the trial, upon motion of the complainant, with notice to the
defendant, the court may enter such temporary order as seems just, providing for
the support of the neglected spouse or children, or both, pendente lite, and may
punish for violation of the order as for contempt.

HISTORY: 1944, p. 212; Michie Suppl. 1946, § 1938; 1974, c. 464.