CONGDON v. CONGDON

Record No. 0522-02-2.

578 S.E.2d 833 (2003)

40 Va. App. 255

John Rhodes CONGDON, Jr., v. Mary Evelyn Davis CONGDON.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

April 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald K. Butler (Mary Beth Joachim; Morano, Colan, Cook & Butler, on briefs), Richmond, for appellant.

Terrence R. Batzli (Charles E. Powers; Barnes & Batzli, on brief), Chesterfield, for appellee.

Present: FRANK, FELTON and KELSEY, JJ.


KELSEY, Judge.

In this divorce case, John Rhodes Congdon claims the trial court erred by awarding his wife spousal support despite her admitted adultery during the marriage. The trial judge, the husband argues, misapplied the manifest injustice exception to Code § 20-107.1(B)'s statutory bar against awarding support to adulterers. In addition to defending her award of support, Mary Evelyn Davis Congdon claims that the trial court erred in its equitable distribution...

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