{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-20-121.02","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 20-121.02","heading":"Decree of divorce without amended bill or amended cross-bill","body":"In any divorce suit wherein a bill of complaint or cross-bill prays for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony under § 20-91 or prays for a divorce from bed and board under § 20-95, at such time as there exists in either party's favor grounds for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony under § 20-91 A (9), either party may move the court wherein such divorce suit is pending for a divorce from the bonds of matrimony on the grounds set out in § 20-91 A (9) without amending the bill of complaint or cross-bill.1977, c. 283; 1984, c. 633; 1986, c. 252; 1988, c. 362; 1989, c. 207.","path":["Title 20. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","Chapter 6. DIVORCE, AFFIRMATION AND ANNULMENT"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/20-121.02/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:44Z","sha256":"7a26f1077e230966190c046a0d2ab81db5a6c78ba47c12754e25a82812839bd7","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-20-121.01","next":"us-va/va.-code-20-121.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}