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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>377843</law_id><section_number>8.01-92</section_number><catch_line>Allowance of attorney fees out of unrepresented shares</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="5" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="9">Partition</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In any <span class="dictionary">partition</span> <span class="dictionary">suit</span> when there are unrepresented shares, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall allow reasonable fees to the attorney or attorneys bringing the <span class="dictionary">action</span> on account of the services rendered to the parceners unrepresented by <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> of record.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-701.1; 1950, p. 96; 1977, c. 617; 2023, c. 333.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
