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LAWRENCE v. LAWRENCE

181 S.E.2d 640 (1971)

212 Va. 44

Margaret Handy LAWRENCE v. John Creig LAWRENCE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 14, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Court, Bolling R. Powell, Jr., Gloucester, on the brief, for appellant.

John C. Lawrence, pro se.

Before SNEAD, C.J., and I'ANSON, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, JJ.

I'ANSON, Justice.

On February 19, 1968, plaintiff, Margaret Handy Lawrence, filed in the court below a bill of complaint against her husband, John Creig Lawrence, seeking a divorce on the grounds of desertion. The bill alleged that the parties last cohabited in the City of Norfolk, Virginia, on January 20, 1968, and asked that plaintiff be awarded custody of their 17-year-old daughter, alimony and support money, attorneys' fees and court costs.

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