VirginiaDivorce; grounds, cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment, eliminates waiting period.
What it does
Grounds for divorce; cruelty, abuse, desertion, or abandonment; waiting period. Eliminates the one-year waiting period for a divorce to be decreed on the grounds of cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, or willful desertion or abandonment.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in Courts of JusticeLatest
- Feb 7Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (13-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Judiciary. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 9Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 9Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103825DIntroduced