2023 Code of Virginia
Title 20 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 3 - Unlawful Marriages Generally
§ 20-39. Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage

Universal Citation:
VA Code § 20-39 (2023)
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In the cases mentioned in § 20-38.1, in which the relationship is founded on a marriage, the prohibition shall continue in force, notwithstanding the dissolution of such marriage by death or by divorce, unless the divorce be for a cause which made the marriage originally unlawful or void.

Code 1919, § 5086; 1976, c. 356.

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