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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353643</law_id><section_number>20-31.1</section_number><catch_line>When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate</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="2" identifier="2">Marriage Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>If a person, having had a child, shall afterwards intermarry with the mother or father, such child if recognized by both of them, as their own child, jointly or separately, before or after marriage, shall be deemed legitimate.</p><p>The <span class="dictionary">issue</span> of marriages prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, deemed null or void or dissolved by a <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall nevertheless be legitimate.</p></section></text><history>1978, c. 647.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
