<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:34"><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000000">67:12:01:34</span></a><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000001">.  Absence of parent due to divorce or separate maintenance decrees.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">A</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> divorce or separate maintenance decree constitute</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">s</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> deprivation of parental support by continued absence of the parent from the home</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> if one of the parents leaves the marital home and the criteria of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:29"><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">67:12:01:29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> are met</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">. If financial need exists while awaiting a divorce or separate maintenance decree, approval of the application </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">may</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> not be held up pending the completion of </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">the court</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> actions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">    </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">    </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">    </span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">6</span><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0-000002">-1</span></a><span class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sd40839bf-357d-4bbc-a6d7-7fb841de6b78000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>