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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 617 and 647 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 1992 \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 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":74750,"section_number":"8.01-67","catch_line":"Definitions; persons under a disability; fiduciary","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-67\/"},{"id":79794,"section_number":"8.01-77","catch_line":"What proceeds of sale to pass as real estate","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-77\/"}],"permalink":{"id":244965,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55778,"identifier":"55.1-206","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-206","url":"\/55.1-206\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-206\/","token":"55.1\/I\/2\/55.1-206","dublin_core":{"Title":"How infant spouse may release interests in spouse’s property","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-206","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding the disability of infancy, on or after January 1, 1991, an infant spouse, whether married before or after January 1, 1991, may release his marital rights in the other spouse’s real or personal property by uniting in any contract<\/span>, deed, or other instrument executed by the other spouse or by a commissioner of a court<\/span> pursuant to an order<\/span> entered under \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-67<\/a> through 8.01-77<\/a> or any other law<\/span> with respect to the infant’s property.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nHOW INFANT SPOUSE MAY RELEASE INTERESTS IN SPOUSE’S PROPERTY (\u00a7 55.1-206)\n\nNotwithstanding the disability of infancy, on or after January 1, 1991, an\ninfant spouse, whether married before or after January 1, 1991, may release his\nmarital rights in the other spouse’s real or personal property by uniting\nin any contract, deed, or other instrument executed by the other spouse or by a\ncommissioner of a court pursuant to an order entered under \u00a7\u00a7 8.01-67 through\n8.01-77 or any other law with respect to the infant’s property.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, cc. 617, 647, \u00a7 55-42.1; 2019, c. 712.","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}}