The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 15 V.S.A. § 3)
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§ 3. Bar though civil marriage dissolved
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. (Amended 2009, No. 3, § 12a, eff. Sept. 1, 2009.)