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2006 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 53.1-223 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 53.1-223. Restriction on suits against prisoners.
No action or suit on any claim or demand, except suits for
divorce, actions to establish a parent and child relationship between a child
and a prisoner and actions to establish a prisoner's child support obligation,
shall be instituted maintained against a prisoner after judgment
of conviction and while he is incarcerated, except through his committee,
unless a guardian ad litem is appointed for the prisoner pursuant to § 8.01-9,
or an attorney licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth has entered of
record an appearance for such prisoner. However, in any suit for divorce
instituted against a prisoner, the court shall appoint a committee prior to any
determination as to the property of the parties under § 20-107.3.