When the validity of any marriage shall be denied or doubted by either of the parties, the other party may institute a suit for affirmance of the marriage, and upon due proof of the validity thereof, it shall be decreed to be valid, and such decree shall be conclusive upon all persons concerned.
Va. Code Ann. § 20-90
Suit to affirm marriage
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 3 Va. App. 415 - Hager v. Hager (1986)
Most recently applied in In re Ejigu (September 2009)
Code 1919, § 5102; 2016, cc. 457, 543; 2024, c. 737.
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