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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1982, chapter 636.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1464773,"object_type":"law","relational_id":367694,"identifier":"53.1-224","token":"53.1\/11\/53.1-224","url":"\/53.1-224\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/53.1-224\/","token":"53.1\/11\/53.1-224","dublin_core":{"Title":"Maintenance of prisoner’s family; spouse’s portion","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 53.1-224","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The committee shall allow, subject to the claims of creditors<\/span>, a sufficient maintenance out of the prisoner’s estate for the prisoner’s spouse and family, if any. The spouse shall be entitled, so long as the prisoner is confined, to the profits of such portion of the prisoner’s estate as the spouse would have if the prisoner had died intestate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMAINTENANCE OF PRISONER’S FAMILY; SPOUSE’S PORTION (\u00a7 53.1-224)\n\nThe committee shall allow, subject to the claims of creditors, a sufficient\nmaintenance out of the prisoner’s estate for the prisoner’s spouse\nand family, if any. The spouse shall be entitled, so long as the prisoner is\nconfined, to the profits of such portion of the prisoner’s estate as the\nspouse would have if the prisoner had died intestate.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 53-308; 1982, c. 636.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}