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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>81694</law_id><section_number>8.01-220.1</section_number><catch_line>Defense of interspousal immunity abolished as to certain causes of action arising on or after July 1, 1981</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3">Actions</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Miscellaneous Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The common-<span class="dictionary">law</span> defense of interspousal immunity in <span class="dictionary">tort</span> is abolished and shall not constitute a valid defense to any such <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> arising on or after July 1, 1981.</p></section></text><history>1981, c. 451.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
