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 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.
Code 1950, § 53-307.1; 1980, c. 504; 1982, c. 636; 1992, c. 398; 2000, c. 404; 2006, c. 553.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 53.1 - Prisons and Other Methods of Correction
Chapter 11 - Estates of Prisoners
§ 53.1-221. Appointment of committee; bond
§ 53.1-223. Restriction on suits against prisoners
§ 53.1-224. Maintenance of prisoner's family; spouse's portion
§ 53.1-226. When estate committed to sheriff
§ 53.1-227. When and how real estate of prisoner sold or encumbered
§ 53.1-228. Disposal of unclaimed personal property of prisoner