<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-7-22 - Communications not privileged in nonsupport prosecutions--Husband and wife as witnesses. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050149Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050149SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050149CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050149Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050149DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050149000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050149SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050149SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050149Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-7-22"><span class="s2050149SENU">25-7-22</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149SENU">. </span><span class="s2050149CL">Communications not privileged in nonsupport prosecutions--Husband and wife as witnesses.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050149Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont">In all prosecutions under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-7-4"><span class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont">25-7-4</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont"> or under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-7-16"><span class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont">25-7-16</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-7-20"><span class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont">25-7-20</span></a><span class="s2050149DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, any existing provisions of law prohibiting the disclosure of confidential communications between husband and wife shall not apply, and both husband and wife shall be competent to testify to any and all relevant matters, including the fact of marriage and the parentage of a child or children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050149Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050149Normal"><span class="s2050149SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050149SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 13.3207 as enacted by SL 1963, ch 56, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>