HB2187: Spousal support; termination upon cohabitation.
HOUSE BILL NO. 2187
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 20-110 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 20-110. Maintenance and support for a spouse to cease on remarriage or cohabitation.
If any former spouse to whom support and maintenance has been
awarded shall thereafter marry, such support and maintenance shall cease as of
the date of such marriage. The spouse entitled to current support shall have an
affirmative duty to notify the payor spouse immediately of such remarriage.
Failure of such spouse to notify the payor shall entitle
the payor to restitution and the court may
order restitution equal to the amount of any current
support and maintenance paid after the date of the remarriage, together with
interest from the date of the remarriage and reasonable attorney's attorney fees and costs. For purposes of this section, the terms
"marriage" and "remarriage" include habitually cohabiting
with another person in a relationship analogous to a marriage.