Foster v. Foster

I disagree with the holding in this case that a court of chancery in Virginia has no power to extend alimony payments beyond the death of the husband. That holding, in my opinion, places upon the broad and comprehensive language of the statute a limitation not found in its words and not desirable for this court to impose.

Section 20-107 of the Code provides that upon decreeing (1) the dissolution of a marriage, (2) a divorce either from the bond of matrimony or from bed and board, or (3) that neither party is entitled to a divorce, “the court may make such further decree as it shall deem…