Section 25-4-1 – Marriage dissolved only by death or divorce–Status of parties after divorce.

25-4-1. Marriage dissolved only by death or divorce–Status of parties after divorce.

Marriage is dissolved only:

(1)By the death of one of the parties; or

(2)By the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction decreeing a divorce of the parties. The effect of such judgment is to restore the parties to the state of unmarried persons.

Source: SDC 1939, §14.0701.