Parra v. Parra

Opinion

KEENAN, J.

The issues in this appeal are: (1) whether a circuit court retains jurisdiction to make an award of equitable distribution under Code § 20-107.3, after twenty-one days have elapsed from entry of a divorce decree, when a specific reservation of such a right is contained in the decree; and (2) whether in making its award of equitable distribution, the trial court should have honored the terms of a partial property settlement agreement entered into by the parties but repudiated by the wife. We conclude that the trial court properly retained jurisdiction but erred when it entered…