10. Any other gross misbehaviour and wickedness in either of the parties repugnant to and in violation of the marriage covenant.
South Carolina.
Marriage.—No age is fixed by law for marriage of minors, nor when parental consent is necessary.
Impediments.—Same as to prohibited degrees of kinship as in Massachusetts.
Marriages of whites with Indians, negroes, mulattoes, mestizos, or half-breeds, are forbidden.
Formalities.—No license is required, and no particular form of ceremony necessary.
Divorce.—By a provision of the State constitution divorces from the bonds of matrimony are not allowed in South Carolina.
Marriages may, however, be annulled for want of consent of either party, or for any other cause showing that at the time of the supposed marriage it was not a contract, provided such contract has not been consummated by cohabitation.
South Dakota.
Marriage.—Minimum age at which males can marry is 18 years, females 15 years. Parental consent is required for males under 21 years and females under 18 years.