Every husband and wife shall be jointly and severally liable for the purchase price, if such price be stated or agreed upon at the time of purchase, and if not so stated or agreed upon, for the reasonable value of all the necessaries of life, consisting of food, clothing, and fuel purchased by either husband or wife for their family while they are living together as husband and wife.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-2-11
Joint and several liability for necessaries
Known as the Uniform Premarital Agreement Act
The act spans §§ 25–25 (25 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Green v. Siegel, Barnett & Schutz (1996)
Most recently applied in Matter of Guardianship of Larson (May 1998)
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0206.
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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.