Definitions
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 Estate of Eichstadt (December 2022)
Source: SL 1989, ch 216, § 1.
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.
Terms as used in §§ 25-2-16 to 25-2-25, inclusive, mean:
(1) "Premarital agreement," an agreement between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and to be effective upon marriage;
(2) "Property," any interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, including income and earnings.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.