CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTAIN MARRIAGES PROHIBITED (§ 20-38.1)

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.

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