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Suit to affirm marriage (§ 20-90)
2016A When the validity of any marriage shall be denied or doubted by either of the parties, the other party may institute a suit for affirmance of the marriage, and upon due proof of the validity thereof, it shall be decreed to be valid, and such decree . . .
Penalty for failure to certify record of marriage (§ 20-24)
2016If any minister, authorized to celebrate rites of marriage under § 20-23, shall fail to comply with § 32.1-267, he shall be subject to forfeit twenty-five dollars. . . .
Enforcement; void marriage (§ 20-151)
2016A A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the person against whom enforcement is sought proves that: B Any issue of unconscionability of a premarital agreement shall be decided by the court as a matter of law. Recitations in the agreement shall . . .
Suit to annul marriage (§ 20-89.1)
2016A When a marriage is alleged to be void or voidable for any of the causes mentioned in § 20-13, 20-38.1, or 20-45.1 or by virtue of fraud or duress, either party may institute a suit for annulling the same; and upon proof of the nullity of the marri . . .
Clerk authorized to amend marriage records (§ 20-16.1)
2016The clerk (i) may, on his own authority, correct marriage records established in his office by amending the same upon application under oath and submission of evidence deemed by the clerk to be adequate and sufficient and (ii) shall correct such reco . . .
Requirement of signatures of both parties to a marriage not discriminatory in a secured transaction (§ 6.2-504)
2016For the purposes of a secured transaction, a request for the signature of both parties to a marriage for the purpose of creating a valid lien, passing clear title, waiving inchoate rights to property, or assigning earnings, shall not constitute discr . . .
Penalty for celebrating marriage without license (§ 20-28)
2016If any person knowingly perform the ceremony of marriage without lawful license, or officiate in celebrating the rites of marriage without being authorized by law to do so, he shall be confined in jail not exceeding one year, and fined not exceeding . . .
Minimum age of marriage (§ 20-48)
2016The minimum age at which persons may marry shall be 18, unless a minor has been emancipated by court order. Upon application for a marriage license, an emancipated minor shall provide a certified copy of the order of emancipation. . . .
Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage (§ 20-39)
2016In the cases mentioned in § 20-38.1, in which the relationship is founded on a marriage, the prohibition shall continue in force, notwithstanding the dissolution of such marriage by death or by divorce, unless the divorce be for a cause which made t . . .
When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate (§ 20-31.1)
2016If a person, having had a child, shall afterwards intermarry with the mother or father, such child if recognized by both of them, as their own child, jointly or separately, before or after marriage, shall be deemed legitimate.The issue of marriages p . . .