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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 434 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1986, chapter 201.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84724,"section_number":"20-154","catch_line":"Prior agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-154\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":179399,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81691,"identifier":"20-150","token":"20\/8\/20-150","url":"\/20-150\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-150\/","token":"20\/8\/20-150","dublin_core":{"Title":"Content of agreement","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-150","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Parties to a premarital agreement<\/span> may contract<\/span> with respect to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property<\/span> of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The disposition<\/span> of property<\/span> upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

4.<\/span> Spousal support; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

5.<\/span> The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

6.<\/span> The ownership rights in and disposition<\/span> of the death benefit from a life insurance policy; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

7.<\/span> The choice of law<\/span> governing the construction of the agreement; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

8.<\/span> Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute<\/span> imposing a criminal penalty<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCONTENT OF AGREEMENT (\u00a7 20-150)\n\nParties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to:\n\n1. The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of\neither or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located;\n\n2. The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, lease, consume,\nexpend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of,\nor otherwise manage and control property;\n\n3. The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, death, or\nthe occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;\n\n4. Spousal support;\n\n5. The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions\nof the agreement;\n\n6. The ownership rights in and disposition of the death benefit from a life\ninsurance policy;\n\n7. The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and\n\n8. Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in\nviolation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 434; 1986, c. 201.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}