Every violation of the provisions of §§ 55-2-1 to 55-2-6, inclusive, is a fraud against the beneficiary of the trust.
S.D. Codified Laws § 55-2-7
Fraud against beneficiary of trust
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Ward v. Lange (1996)
Most recently applied in Johnson v. Markve (September 2022)
Source: SDC 1939, § 59.0112.
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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.