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This law was first created in 1978. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 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 1978 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1994, chapter 919<\/a>; in 2012, chapter 614<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82276,"section_number":"20-156","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-156\/"}],"permalink":{"id":272931,"object_type":"law","relational_id":84769,"identifier":"64.2-204","token":"64.2\/II\/2\/64.2-204","url":"\/64.2-204\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/64.2-204\/","token":"64.2\/II\/2\/64.2-204","dublin_core":{"Title":"Afterborn heirs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 64.2-204","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Relatives of the decedent conceived before his death but born thereafter, and children resulting from assisted conception born after the decedent’s death who are determined to be relatives of the decedent as provided in Chapter 9 (\u00a7 20-156<\/a> et seq.) of Title 20, shall inherit as if they had been born during the lifetime of the decedent.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAFTERBORN HEIRS (\u00a7 64.2-204)\n\nRelatives of the decedent conceived before his death but born thereafter, and\nchildren resulting from assisted conception born after the decedent’s\ndeath who are determined to be relatives of the decedent as provided in Chapter\n9 (\u00a7 20-156 et seq.) of Title 20, shall inherit as if they had been born during\nthe lifetime of the decedent.\n\nHISTORY: 1978, c. 647, \u00a7 64.1-8.1; 1994, c. 919; 2012, c. 614.","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}}