Legal Opinion
Newport v. Newport
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 9, 1978No. Record 761489PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The issue here is whether in Virginia a wife’s right to alimony survives an absolute divorce obtained by the husband in an ex parte proceeding in another state.
Elswick Newport and Flora Newport were married in 1947 and moved to Virginia in 1966. The husband, while stationed in Vietnam from April to November, 1972, wrote his wife that he intended to divorce her. Upon his return to the United States Elswick Newport established his residence in Nevada, and on April 2, 1973, he was awarded an ex parte divorce from appellee. The only relief granted the husband by the Nevada court was a decree…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Armstrong v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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3Cited by15 opinions
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