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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>353656</law_id><section_number>20-43</section_number><catch_line>Bigamous marriages void without decree</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="3">Unlawful Marriages Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>All marriages that are prohibited by <span class="dictionary">law</span> on account of either of the parties having a former spouse then living shall be absolutely void, without any <span class="dictionary">decree</span> of divorce or other legal process.</p></section></text><history>Code 1919, &#xA7; 5087; 2020, c. 900.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
