by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
In case of incurable, chronic mania or dementia of either spouse having existed for five years or more, while under confinement by order of a court of record or of the Board of Mental Illness as provided by law, the court may in its discretion grant a divorce.SDCL...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
Any divorce or separate maintenance which has been granted without the personal appearance of a party is hereby legalized and validated.SDCL 25-4-17.4 SL 1987, ch 187, § 2.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
In any action for divorce or separate maintenance in which the parties have consented to the use of irreconcilable differences, the court may grant the divorce based on the affidavits of the parties establishing the requisite jurisdiction and grounds for the divorce...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
If from the evidence at the hearing, the court finds that there are irreconcilable differences, which have caused the irremediable breakdown of the marriage, it shall order the dissolution of the marriage or a legal separation. If it appears that there is a reasonable...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
Irreconcilable differences are those grounds which are determined by the court to be substantial reasons for not continuing the marriage and which make it appear that the marriage should be dissolved.SDCL 25-4-17.1 SL 1985, ch 207, § 1.
by admin | May 14, 2021 | Family Law, South Dakota
Willful desertion, willful neglect, or habitual intemperance must continue for one year before either is a ground for divorce.SDCL 25-4-17 SDC 1939, § 14.0712.
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