An individual eighteen or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will.
S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-501
Who may make a will
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case In Re the Estate of Dokken (2000)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Markve (September 2022)
Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-501.
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.