Virginia Code

Va. Code Ann. § 20-49 (2026)

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Repealed by Acts 2016, cc. 457 and 543, cl. 2.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1990–2014 · leading case: Boardwine v. Bruce, 88 Va. Cir. 218 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2014).

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Boardwine v. Bruce, 88 Va. Cir. 218 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2014). · cites it 8× “Boardwine cannot rely on Va. Code § 20-49. l(B)’s presumptions and because the Court must harmonize Va.”

Christenson v. Tanner, 980 A.2d 1059 (Del. Fm. Ct. 2009). ““If any person intending to marry is under eighteen years of age and has not been previously married, the consent of the father or mother or guardian of such person or persons shall be given.”

MacDougall v. Levick, 87 Va. Cir. 160 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2013). “1 or where either or both of the parties are, at the time of the solemnization of the marriage, under the age of eighteen, and have not complied with the provisions of § 20-48 or § 20-49, are void, (b) All marriages solemnized when either of the parties lacked capacity to…”

Irons v. Irons, 20 Va. Cir. 421 (Lancaster Cir. Ct. 1990). “1 or where either or both of the parties are, at the time of the solemnization of the marriage, under the age of eighteen and have not complied with the provisions of § 20-48 or § 20-49 are void .... By the enactment of § 20-45.”

In re Taylor, 44 Va. Cir. 232 (Richmond County Cir. Ct. 1997). “” This is no different, however, than § 20-49. l(B)’s provision that a signed affidavit of paternity “shall have the same legal effect as a judgment entered pursuant to § 20-49.”

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