15 V.S.A. § 3
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§ 3. Bar though civil marriage dissolved
Official statutory text
If the relationship in those cases mentioned in section 1 of this title is founded on a civil marriage, the prohibition shall continue in force notwithstanding the dissolution of such marriage by death or divorce, unless the divorce is for a cause that shows the marriage to have been originally unlawful or void.
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