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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 434 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 1985 \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 1986, chapter 201.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1406409,"object_type":"law","relational_id":353593,"identifier":"20-152","token":"20\/8\/20-152","url":"\/20-152\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-152\/","token":"20\/8\/20-152","dublin_core":{"Title":"Limitation of actions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-152","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any statute of limitations<\/span> applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement<\/span> is tolled during the marriage of the parties to the agreement. However, equitable<\/span> defenses limiting the time for enforcement, including laches and estoppel, are available to either party<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLIMITATION OF ACTIONS (\u00a7 20-152)\n\nAny statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief\nunder a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage of the parties to the\nagreement. However, equitable defenses limiting the time for enforcement,\nincluding laches and estoppel, are available to either party.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 434; 1986, c. 201.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}