South Dakota Marriage Laws | § 25-1-6 | Incestuous Marriages Void. Marriage Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws 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 from the beginning, whether the relationship is legitimate or illegitimate. The relationships provided for in this section include such relationships that arise through adoption.

SDC 1939, § 14.0106 (1); SL 1994, ch 165, § 1.

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§ 25-1-5 Manifestation and proof of consent and consummation of marriage.
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§ 25-1-7 Marriage with stepchild void.
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§ 25-1-36 Return of marriage performed without person authorized to perform--Failure as petty offense.
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§ 25-1-13 Consent of parent or guardian required for marriage of minor--Memorandum in record book.
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§ 25-1-24 Time allowed after license for solemnization of marriage.
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§ 25-1-29 Solemnization and recording of marriages required--Common-law marriages prior to 1959 not invalidated.
§ 25-1-31 Solemnization of marriage without license as misdemeanor.
§ 25-1-32 Identity and ages of parties to be established before solemnization of marriage.
§ 25-1-33 Solemnization of marriage between unauthorized persons as misdemeanor.
§ 25-1-38 Validity of marriages contracted outside state--Same-sex marriages excluded.
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§ 25-1-40 Marital rights not restored by pardon from life sentence.
§ 25-1-10.2 Application for marriage license--Required statement.