All marriages that are prohibited by law on account of either of the parties having a former spouse then living shall be absolutely void, without any decree of divorce or other legal process.
Va. Code Ann. § 20-43
Bigamous marriages void without decree
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Glazer v. Silverman (1968)
Most recently applied in MacDougall v. Levick (November 2017)
Code 1919, § 5087; 2020, c. 900.
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