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S.D. Codified Laws § 25-4-22

Condonation defined--Required elements

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Tesch v. Tesch (1987)

Most recently applied in Tesch v. Tesch (January 1987)

Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0716.

Condonation is the conditional forgiveness of a matrimonial offense constituting a cause of divorce.

The following requirements are necessary to condonation:

(1) A knowledge on the part of the condoner of the facts constituting the cause of divorce;

(2) Reconciliation and remission of the offense by the injured party;

(3) Restoration of the offending party to all marital rights.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.