Statutes: South Dakota
- Title 21. Judicial Remedies
- Chapter 21-65. Protection of Vulnerable Adults
- 21-65-1. Definitions
- 21-65-2. Petition for relief from vulnerable adult abuse--Affidavit--Contents
- 21-65-3. Ex parte temporary protection order
- 21-65-4. Rights of vulnerable adult in action brought by substitute petitioner
- 21-65-6. Guardian ad litem
- 21-65-7. Hearing on petition--Service of process
- 21-65-8. Continuance of ex parte temporary protection order
- 21-65-9. Temporary protection order effective until protection order served
- 21-65-10. Persons who may make showing for protection order
- 21-65-11. Relief available for vulnerable adult abuse
- 21-65-12. Relief available for financial exploitation
- 21-65-14. Term of protection order--Amendment or extension
- 21-65-19. Protection order--Violation as misdemeanor or felony
- Chapter 21-65. Protection of Vulnerable Adults
- Title 22. Crimes
- Chapter 22-1. Definitions and General Provisions
- Chapter 22-14. Unlawful Use of Weapons
- 22-14-15. Possession of firearm by one with prior violent crime conviction or certain drug-related conviction--Felony--Fifteen-year period
- 22-14-15.1 Possession of firearm by one with prior drug conviction--Felony--Exception
- 22-14-15.2 Possession of firearm by one convicted of misdemeanor crime involving domestic violence--Misdemeanor--Civil rights restored--Repeal of section--Order restoring rights
- Chapter 22-18. Assaults and Personal Injuries
- Chapter 22–19. Kidnapping
- Chapter 22-19A. Stalking
- 22-19A-1. Stalking as a misdemeanor.
- 22-19A-2. Violation of restraining order, injunction, or protection order as felony.
- 22-19A-3. Subsequent convictions as felony.
- 22-19A-4. Harasses defined.
- 22-19A-5. Course of conduct defined.
- 22-19A-6. A credible threat defined.
- 22-19A-7. Stalking a child twelve or younger -- Felony.
- 22-19A-8. Petition for protection order -- Procedures.
- 22-19A-9. Filing petition for protection -- Venue.
- 22-19A-10. Hearing on petition for protection -- Date -- Notice.
- 22-19A-11. Relief granted by protection order.
- 22-19A-12. Ex parte temporary order pending full hearing on petition for protection.
- 22-19A-13. Exceptional circumstances required before court action authorized.
- 22-19A-14. Modification of terms of protection order.
- 22-19A-15. Delivery of protection order to law enforcement agency -- Notice of order to officers.
- 22-19A-16. Violation of protection order -- Penalties.
- 22-19A-17. Defendant prohibited from contacting victim prior to court appearance.
- Chapter 22-21. Invasions of privacy
- Chapter 22-40. Identity Crimes
- Chapter 22-42. Controlled Substances and Marijuana
- 22-42-2. Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule I or II substances as felony--Mandatory sentences
- 22-42-3. Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule III substances as felony--Mandatory sentences
- 22-42-4. Unauthorized manufacture, distribution, counterfeiting or possession of Schedule IV substances as felony--Mandatory sentences
- 22-42-7. Distribution or possession with intent to distribute specified amounts of marijuana
- 22-42-8. Obtaining possession of controlled substance by theft, misrepresentation, forgery, or fraud
- 22-42-9. Manufacture, distribution, or possession of equipment for making counterfeit controlled substance as felony
- 22-42-10. Keeping place for use or sale of controlled substances as felony
- 22-42-19. Drug free zones created--Violation as felony--Sentence--Defense
- Chapter 22-46. Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation of Elders or Adults with Disabilities
- Title 23. Law Enforcement
- Chapter 23-7. Firearms Control
- 23-7-7. Permit to carry concealed pistol--Statewide validity--Background investigation
- 23-7-7.1. Requirements for issuance of temporary permit--Time requirement--Appeal of denial
- 23-7-7.5. Active duty military personnel and spouses
- 23-7-45. Exceptions to prohibition against possession of pistols by minors
- Chapter 23-7. Firearms Control
- Title 25. Domestic Relations
- Chapter 4. Divorce and Separate Maintenance
- 25-4-2. Grounds for divorce
- 25-4-3. Adultery defined
- 25-4-4. Extreme cruelty defined
- 25-4-5. Willful desertion defined--Special conditions applicable
- 25-4-8. Refusal of intercourse as desertion--Refusal to live together
- 25-4-9. Desertion by departure during absence of spouse induced by fraud
- 25-4-10. Desertion by cruelty or threats causing departure of spouse
- 25-4-11. Separation by consent not desertion
- 25-4-12. Intent to desert formed during proper absence
- 25-4-13. Desertion by refusal of reconciliation after separation
- 25-4-15. Willful neglect defined
- 25-4-16. Habitual intemperance defined
- 25-4-17.1. Irreconcilable differences defined
- 25-4-17.2. Dissolution of marriage--Legal separation--Continuance--Orders during continuance--Consent of parties
- 25-4-30. Residence requirements for divorce or separate maintenance
- Chapter 10. Protection From Domestic Abuse
- 25-10-1 Definitions
- 25-10-2 Application for relief -- Filing -- Venue
- 25-10-3 Petition for protection order -- Parties -- Allegations -- Affidavit -- Pending action -- Standard petition form
- 25-10-3.1. Persons entitled to apply for protection order
- 25-10-3.2. Factors for determining significant romantic relationship
- 25-10-4 Hearing -- Time -- Service on respondent
- 25-10-5 Relief authorized on finding abuse -- Time limitation
- 25-10-5.1 Counseling required for domestic abuse defendant placed on probation
- 25-10-5.2 Restrictions on issuance of mutual orders for protection against abuse
- 25-10-5.3 Court to require instruction in parenting as part of sentence in certain convictions -- Exception
- 25-10-6. Ex parte temporary protection order
- 25-10-7 Limited duration of temporary order--Service on respondent
- 25-10-7.1 Temporary order effective until order under 25-10-5 served
- 25-10-8 Security not required of petitioner -- Exception
- 25-10-9 Departure of petitioner from household not waiving right to relief
- 25-10-10 Modification of order
- 25-10-11 Real estate titles not affected
- 25-10-12 Delivery of order to law enforcement agencies
- 25-10-12.1 Enforcement of foreign protective orders -- Requirements
- 25-10-12.2 Filing of foreign violence protection order -- Affidavit -- Entry in database -- Fee
- 25-10-12.3 Reliance on foreign order -- Immunity from liability
- 25-10-12.4 Presentment of false order or denial of service a misdemeanor
- 25-10-12.5 Affirmative defense
- 25-10-13 Violation of order as misdemeanor or felony
- 25-10-14 Citation of chapter
- 25-10-22 Effect of divorce or other civil proceedings prior to criminal proceedings
- 25-10-23 Conditional bond -- Violation as misdemeanor
- 25-10-24. Surrender of weapon by defendant
- 25-10-25 Convicted defendant prohibited from contacting victim
- 25-10-34 Domestic abuse charge to be indicated on warrant or summons
- 25-10-35 Arrest of spouse for abuse -- Considerations
- 25-10-36 Arrest of criminal suspect when responding to domestic abuse call
- 25-10-37. Domestic abuse record keeping
- 25-10-38 Report of domestic abuse arrest forwarded to prosecutor -- Victim to be notified of status of case
- 25-10-39 Records of domestic abuse -- Disclosure of victim's location during pendency of action
- 25-10-40 Restrictions on release of person charged with domestic abuse
- 25-10-41 Conditions of release of person charged with domestic abuse
- 25-10-42 Convicted child abuser or sex offender barred from adopting child
- Chapter 4. Divorce and Separate Maintenance
- Title 43. Property
Updated:
October 1, 2020Departure or absence of one party from the family dwelling place caused by cruelty or by threats of bodily harm from which danger would be reasonably apprehended from the other is not desertion by the absent party, but it is desertion by the other party.