Divorce; failure to respond by defendant. (SB60)

Introduced By

Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg)

Progress

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Description

Divorce; service of process; failure to respond.  Provides that if a defendant fails to file an answer in a divorce suit or otherwise appear after having been served with notice of the suit, no additional notice to take depositions is required to be served on the defendant and the court may enter any order or final decree without notice to the defendant. This bill is a recommendation of the Boyd-Graves Conference. Amends § 20-99 (“How such suits instituted and conducted; costs.”), § 20-99.2 (“Service in divorce and annulment cases.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

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Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical duplicates of this one: HB104.

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