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2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 04 - Divorce And Separate Maintenance
Section 25-4-10 - Desertion by cruelty or threats causing departure of spouse.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 25-4-10 (2021)
25-4-10. Desertion by cruelty or threats causing departure of spouse.
Departure 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.
Source: SDC 1939, ยง14.0709 (3).
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