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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353592</law_id><section_number>20-151</section_number><catch_line>Enforcement; void marriage</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="56" identifier="20">Domestic Relations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="16" identifier="8">Premarital Agreement Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">premarital agreement</span> is not enforceable if the person against whom enforcement is sought proves that: <a id="paragraph-1317315" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-151/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That person did not execute the agreement voluntarily; or <a id="paragraph-1317316" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-151/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed and, before execution of the agreement, that person (i) was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> or financial obligations of the other <span class="dictionary">party</span>; and (ii) did not voluntarily and expressly <span class="dictionary">waive</span>, in writing, any right to disclosure of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> or financial obligations of the other <span class="dictionary">party</span> beyond the disclosure provided. <a id="paragraph-1317317" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-151/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of unconscionability of a <span class="dictionary">premarital agreement</span> shall be decided by the <span class="dictionary">court</span> as a matter of <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Recitations in the agreement shall create a prima facie <span class="dictionary">presumption</span> that they are factually correct. <a id="paragraph-1317318" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-151/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If a marriage is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a <span class="dictionary">premarital agreement</span> shall be enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result. <a id="paragraph-1317319" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/20-151/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 434; 1986, c. 201.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
