Hayes v. Hayes

Opinion

BAKER, J.

Bonnie Czeck Hayes (wife) appeals from a decree entered in the Circuit Court of York County (trial court) on May 1, 1985, dismissing her motion for an award of support from John G. Hayes, (husband). The trial court held that the provisions of Code § 8.01-322 constituted a time-bar to wife’s claim for support because the claim was filed more than two years subsequent to the entry of a final decree of divorce between the parties.

On February 21, 1974, husband filed a bill of complaint in the trial court seeking a divorce from wife on the ground that the parties had lived separate…