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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":59196,"section_number":"20-155","catch_line":"Marital agreements","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-155\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":81691,"section_number":"20-150","catch_line":"Content of agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-150\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179415,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84724,"identifier":"20-154","token":"20\/8\/20-154","url":"\/20-154\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-154\/","token":"20\/8\/20-154","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prior agreements","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-154","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>All written agreements entered into prior to the enactment of this chapter between prospective spouses for the purpose affecting any of the subjects specified in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Content of agreement\" href=\"\/20-150\/\">20-150<\/a> shall be valid and enforceable if otherwise valid as <span class=\"dictionary\">contracts<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPRIOR AGREEMENTS (\u00a7 20-154)\n\nAll written agreements entered into prior to the enactment of this chapter\nbetween prospective spouses for the purpose affecting any of the subjects\nspecified in \u00a7 20-150 shall be valid and enforceable if otherwise valid as\ncontracts.\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}}