Grounds for Divorce in South Dakota

Part of "Grounds for Divorce in the United States"
Family Law research by Anke Tiedt of Crouch & Crouch, Arlington, Virginia

- irreconcilable differences (not unless both parties agree or one party has not made general appearance)
- adultery
- extreme cruelty
- willful desertion
- willful neglect
- habitual intemperance
- conviction of felony
- incurable, chronic mania or dementia of either spouse having existed for five years or more
Code: 25-4-2, 25-4-18, 25-4-17.2, 25-4-17, 25-4-15
Information has *NOT* been checked against state statutes

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