"Memorandum", dated June 29, 1989 (hereinafter to be Local Rule 89-1) is hereby amended effective immediately to read as follows:

• On and after July 1, 1989, the body of bills of complaint in suits for divorce, affirmation and annulment should contain one of the hereinafter named allegations:
  • that the defendant resides in Newport News; or,
  • that the parties last lived together or last cohabited in Newport News; or,
  • that the plaintiff resides in Newport News, and
    • the defendant is a non-resident of Virginia, or
    • the whereabouts of the defendant are unknown, or
    • defendant is a party against whom an order of publication may issue pursuant to Code §8.01-316.

  The suit should be instituted in any event. However, unless the bill contains one or more of the foregoing allegations, the cause will be subject to transfer to a venue described in subdivision 19 of Section 8.01-261.

  Pursuant to Rule 1:15, the original of the Memorandum Order shall forthwith be spread upon the Order Book and an attested copy of same shall be:

  • Posted in the Clerk's Office
  • Filed with the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, and
  • Furnished to Chesapeake, Hampton, James City County-Williamsburg, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond and Virginia Beach Bar Associations for dissemination.

  Entered this 16^th day of February, 2001.
  Verbena M. Askew, Judge
  H. Vincent Conway, Jr., Judge
  Robert W. Curran, Judge
  Edward L. Hubbard, Judge
  Randolph T. West, Judge