Code · Virginia · Title 20 — Domestic Relations · Chapter 3

Code of Virginia § 20-38.1. Certain marriages prohibited.

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The following marriages are prohibited:

1. A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one of the parties;

2. A marriage between an ancestor and descendant, or between siblings, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood or by adoption;

3. A marriage between an uncle or aunt and a nephew or niece, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood.

1975, c. 644; 1978, c. 647; 2020, c. 900 .