Rock v. Rock

Opinion

COLE, J.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the appellant’s divorce suit for lack of jurisdiction under Code § 20-96(B). We find that it did and reverse the trial court’s decision.

I

On January 12, 1987, the appellee, Mr. Rock, filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of Middlesex County seeking a divorce. On January 14, 1987, Mrs. Rock filed a bill of complaint in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond seeking a divorce. Each party alleged that the parties last cohabited as husband and wife in the jurisdiction in which each filed his…