Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage

Va. Code Ann. § 20-39
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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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