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Divorce; adultery; filing; parties living separate and apart. Specifies that a divorce may be decreed on the grounds of adultery, provided that such adultery occurred prior to the final separation of the parties. The bill further allows for a divorce from bed and board to be decreed on the application of either party upon the parties living separate and apart; under current law, a divorce from bed and board may only be decreed for cruelty, reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt, willful desertion, or abandonment. The bill specifies that no waiting period is required for the filing for such a divorce, but the decree of such a divorce may only be decreed pursuant to certain requirements otherwise specified in the law.
Introduced
Jan 9, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Senate committee offered
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 1-N 1-A)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
Assigned HCJ sub: Civil
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101259D
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Senate amendments agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.