Full question:
I stay alone in a hotel in South Dakota, whereas my mom stays with her husband in a rented house. This is my mom’s third marriage. I really like my mom’s husband, and I wish to get married to him. If my mom’s husband leaves my mom, can I marry him?
- Category: Marriage
- Date:
- State: South Dakota
Answer:
In South Dakota, if a stepfather marries his stepdaughter then such a marriage will be null and voids from the beginning.S.D. Codified Laws § 25-1-7 reads:
“Every marriage of a stepfather with a stepdaughter or a stepmother with a stepson is null and void from the beginning.”
In the instant case, you may not be able to marry your stepdad.
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