Grounds for divorces from bed and board (§ 20-95)—Virginia Decoded

A divorce from bed and board may be decreed for cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, willful desertion or abandonment.

History

Code 1919, § 5104; 1975, c. 644.

Court Decisions

Brooker v. Brooker (SCV, 06/10/77)
. . . , 201 (1972), or under the provisions of Code § 20-95. Code § 20-91(9)(c).[2] Here there was no . . .

Thomasson v. Thomasson (SCV, 04/29/83)
. . . ground of divorce under Code § 20-91 or Code § 20-95. The wife's inability to prove the . . .

Lapidus v. Lapidus (SCV, 01/20/84)
. . . under any provision of §§ 20-91(1) through (8) or 20-95. . . .

Bristow v. Bristow (SCV, 06/06/80)
. . . other ground of divorce under this section or § 20-95." Here, the chancellor made a specific . . .

DeMott v. DeMott (SCV, 04/23/56)
. . . of cruelty and constructive desertion. Code, | 20-95, provides: "A divorce from bed and board may . . .

Smoot v. Smoot (SCV, 06/12/87)
. . . under the provisions of § 20-91(1), (3) or (6) or § 20-95; . . .

Graham v. Graham (SCV, 03/09/70)
. . . The latter allegation was unnecessary, for Code | 20-95 provides that "[a] divorce from bed and . . .

Bacon v. Bacon (COA, 12/02/86)
. . . under the provisions of § 20-91(1), (3) or (6) or § 20-95." (emphasis added). . . .

Williams v. Williams (COA, 03/24/92)
. . . other ground of divorce under Code §§ 20-91 or 20-95. Code § 20-91(9)(c); Dukelow v. Dukelow, 2 . . .

Petachenko v. Petachenko (SCV, 11/26/86)
. . . resumption of marital cohabitation under Code || 20-95 and 20-91(6). . . .

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