25-1-40. Marital rights not restored by pardon from life sentence. No pardon granted to any person sentenced to imprisonment for life in this state restores such person to the rights of any previous marriage or to the guardianship of any issue of such marriage. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0108.
25-1-5. Manifestation and proof of consent and consummation of marriage. Consent to and subsequent consummation of marriage may be manifested in any form and may be proved under the same general rules of evidence as facts in other cases. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0105.
25-1-6. Incestuous marriages void. Marriages between parents and children, ancestors and descendants of every degree, and between brothers and sisters of the half as well as the whole blood, and between uncles and nieces, or aunts and nephews, and between cousins of the half as well as of the whole blood, are null and void […]
25-1-7. Marriage with stepchild void. Every marriage of a stepfather with a stepdaughter or a stepmother with a stepson is null and void from the beginning. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0106 (2).
25-1-8. Bigamous marriage void–Former spouse absent or believed dead. A subsequent marriage contracted by any person during the life of a former husband or wife of such person with any person other than such former husband or wife, is null and void from the beginning, unless the former marriage has been annulled or dissolved, or […]
25-1-9. Age of consent to marriage with and without parental consent. Any unmarried applicant for a marriage license who is eighteen years old or older, and who is not otherwise disqualified, is capable of consenting to and consummating a marriage. If either applicant for a marriage license is between the age of sixteen and eighteen, […]
