If an owner is required to leave a homestead pursuant to a protection order obtained by the owner's spouse or to otherwise preserve peace in the home, the owner's absence from the homestead may not be considered a waiver or abandonment of the owner's interest in the homestead, unless there is evidence to the contrary.
S.D. Codified Laws § 43-31-13.1
Owner's absence pursuant to protection order not waiver or abandonment of owner's interest
Source: SL 2015, ch 223, § 3.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.