Either husband or wife may enter into any engagement or transaction with the other, or with any other person, respecting property, which either might, if unmarried, subject, in transactions between themselves, to the general rules which control the actions of persons occupying confidential relations with each other, as prescribed by law.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-2-10
Property transactions of husband or wife--Transactions between spouses
Known as the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
The act spans §§ 25–25 (25 sections).
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Billion v. Billion (1996)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Markve (September 2022)
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0202.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.