Another complication is if the spouse dies, especially if the person remarries. Interestingly enough, the composer Giuseppe Verdi continued referring to Antonio Barezzi (whose daughter Margherita he had been briefly married to) as his *father-in-law*, even after his wife's death. He remarried many years later, with Giuseppe Strepponi, when Barezzi was still living. One presumes that he no longer referred to the older man thus ...
In fact, I've heard of the expression "former mother-in-law", applicable to persons who have been widowed or divorced.
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