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It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1976, chapter 356.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70728,"section_number":"20-38.1","catch_line":"Certain marriages prohibited","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-38.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":178303,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82332,"identifier":"20-39","token":"20\/3\/20-39","url":"\/20-39\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-39\/","token":"20\/3\/20-39","dublin_core":{"Title":"Prohibition continues notwithstanding dissolution of previous marriage","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-39","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>In the cases mentioned in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Certain marriages prohibited\" href=\"\/20-38.1\/\">20-38.1<\/a>, 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.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROHIBITION CONTINUES NOTWITHSTANDING DISSOLUTION OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGE (\u00a7\n20-39)\n\nIn the cases mentioned in \u00a7 20-38.1, in which the relationship is founded on a\nmarriage, the prohibition shall continue in force, notwithstanding the\ndissolution of such marriage by death or by divorce, unless the divorce be for a\ncause which made the marriage originally unlawful or void.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5086; 1976, c. 356.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}