Husband and wife contract toward each other obligations of mutual respect, fidelity, and support.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-2-1
Respect, fidelity, and support
Known as the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
The act spans §§ 25–25 (25 sections).
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Billion v. Billion (1996)
Most recently applied in Christians v. Christians (December 2001)
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0201.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.