STATE STATUTES & CODES

SOUTH DAKOTA STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 04 - Divorce And Separate Maintenance

• Section 25-4-1 - Marriage dissolved only by death or divorce--Status of parties after divorce.
• Section 25-4-2 - Grounds for divorce.
• Section 25-4-3 - Adultery defined.
• Section 25-4-4 - Extreme cruelty defined.
• Section 25-4-5 - Willful desertion defined--Special conditions applicable.
• Sections 25-4-6, 25-4-7 - Repealed
• Section 25-4-8 - Refusal of intercourse as desertion--Refusal to live together.
• Section 25-4-9 - Desertion by departure during absence of spouse induced by fraud.
• Section 25-4-10 - Desertion by cruelty or threats causing departure of spouse.
• Section 25-4-11 - Separation by consent not desertion.
• Section 25-4-12 - Intent to desert formed during proper absence.
• Section 25-4-13 - Desertion by refusal of reconciliation after separation.
• Section 25-4-14 - Offer to return curing desertion--Refusal of offer as desertion.
• Section 25-4-15 - Willful neglect defined.
• Section 25-4-16 - Habitual intemperance defined.
• Section 25-4-17 - Continuous period of desertion, neglect, or intemperance required.
• Section 25-4-17.1 - Irreconcilable differences defined.
• Section 25-4-17.2 - Dissolution of marriage--Legal separation--Continuance--Orders duringcontinuance--Consent of parties.
• Section 25-4-17.3 - Use of affidavits to establish jurisdiction and grounds for divorce.
• Section 25-4-17.4 - Validation of divorce granted without personal appearance.
• Section 25-4-18 - Chronic mental illness as discretionary ground.
• Section 25-4-19 - Grounds for denial of divorce.
• Section 25-4-20 - Connivance defined.
• Section 25-4-21 - Collusion defined.
• Section 25-4-22 - Condonation defined--Required elements.
• Section 25-4-23 - Condonation not implied by endurance of continuing conduct constitutingground for divorce.
• Section 25-4-24 - Fraudulent concealment of ground of divorce avoiding condonation.
• Section 25-4-25 - Conjugal kindness as condition subsequent to condonation.
• Section 25-4-26 - Revocation of condonation and revival of ground for divorce.
• Sections 25-4-27, 25-4-28 - Repealed
• Section 25-4-29 - Lapse of time as ground for denial of divorce--Presumption of acquiescence--Other limitations not applicable.
• Section 25-4-30 - Residence requirements for divorce or separate maintenance.
• Section 25-4-30.1 - Venue of action--Change by defendant.
• Sections 25-4-31, 25-4-32 - Repealed
• Section 25-4-33 - No presumption as to same domicile of parties--Separate domiciles afterseparation.
• Section 25-4-33.1 - Automatic temporary restraining order upon service--Modification orrevocation.
• Section 25-4-34 - Waiting period before trial of divorce and separate maintenance actions--Temporary orders and preliminary proceedings during waiting period--Validityof proceedings commenced before 1
• Section 25-4-34.1 - Validation of prior decrees granted on sixtieth day--Deadline for contestingvalidity.
• Sections 25-4-35, 25-4-36 - Validity of proceedings on service by publication under prior law. , 25-4-37. Repealed
• Section 25-4-38 - Alimony pending action.
• Section 25-4-39 - Separate maintenance granted on denial of divorce.
• Section 25-4-40 - Action for separate maintenance without divorce--Alimony and support.
• Section 25-4-41 - Allowance for support when divorce granted.
• Section 25-4-42 - Security for payments required of spouse--Receivership--Allowance withheldwhen recipient's estate sufficient.
• Section 25-4-43 - Support payments through clerk of courts--Payment to social services whenassignment made to state--Back support--Accounting.
• Section 25-4-44 - Division of property between parties.
• Section 25-4-45 - Child custody provisions--Modification--Preference of child.
• Section 25-4-45.1 - Fault not considered in awarding property or child custody--Exceptions.
• Section 25-4-45.2 - Intervention by attorney general or state's attorney when support assigned tostate.
• Section 25-4-45.3 - Adoption of fee schedule for home studies or investigations ordered by court incustody proceedings.
• Section 25-4-45.4 - Counsel appointed for child in certain divorce or custody proceedings--Duty ofcounsel--Assistance--Costs.
• Section 25-4-45.5 - Consideration of domestic abuse and assault conviction in custody award.
• Section 25-4-45.6 - Consideration of conviction for death of other parent in custody award.
• Section 25-4-45.7 - Protective orders and arrest reports considered in determining existence ofhistory of domestic abuse.
• Section 25-4-45.8 - Consideration of reporting abuse falsely or without good cause in custodyaward.
• Section 25-4-46 - Alimony, support, property, and child custody provisions subject to review onappeal.
• Section 25-4-47 - Restoration of former name to wife--Validation of prior decrees.
• Section 25-4-48 - Legitimacy of children after divorce for adultery of wife.
• Section 25-4-49 - Legitimacy of children after divorce for adultery of husband.
• Section 25-4-50 - Repealed.
• Section 25-4-51 - Report of divorces to department of health.
• Section 25-4-52 - Visitation rights for grandparents--Enforcement by circuit court.
• Section 25-4-53 - Repealed.
• Section 25-4-54 - Visitation rights of grandparents--Child placed for adoption.
• Section 25-4-55 - Exclusion of child from custody proceedings.
• Section 25-4-56 - Custody and visitation disputes--Mediation order--Exceptions--Investigation--Allocation of costs.
• Section 25-4-57 - Court appointment of mediator.
• Section 25-4-58 - Adoption of court rules establishing minimum qualifications of mediator.
• Section 25-4-58.1 - Minimum Qualifications for Family Court Mediators.
• Section 25-4-58.2 - Conduct of Family Court Mediators.
• Section 25-4-59 - Privacy of mediation proceedings.
• Section 25-4-60 - Confidentiality of mediation communications and mediator's work product.
• Section 25-4-61 - Written mediated agreement--Signing--Court approval.
• Section 25-4-62 - Recommendation by mediator to court upon parties' failure to agree.