Virginia Code 20-31.1: When marriage legitimates children; issue of marriages prohibited by law, etc., legitimate
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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.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 20-31.1
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
The issue of marriages prohibited by law, deemed null or void or dissolved by a court shall nevertheless be legitimate.
1978, c. 647.