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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70728</law_id><section_number>20-38.1</section_number><catch_line>Certain marriages prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>20-39</reference><reference>20-40</reference><reference>20-45.1</reference><reference>20-89.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Unlawful Marriages Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The following marriages are prohibited:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A marriage entered into prior to the dissolution of an earlier marriage of one of the parties; <a id="paragraph-255150" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-38.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A marriage between an ancestor and descendant, or between siblings, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood or by adoption; <a id="paragraph-255151" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-38.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A marriage between an uncle or aunt and a nephew or niece, whether the relationship is by the half or the whole blood. <a id="paragraph-255152" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-38.1/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1975, c. 644; 1978, c. 647; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
