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.
Marital rights not restored by pardon from life sentence
SDCL § 25-1-40 — under VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE OF MARRIAGES.
SDCL § 25-1-40