<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 29A-2-102 - Share of the spouse. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052011Normal { 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.s2052011SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052011CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052011Normal-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.s2052011DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052011Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } p.s2052011Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 1.14in; text-indent: -0.44in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052011DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052011000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052011SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052011SCL-000005 { 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="s2052011Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-102"><span class="s2052011SENU">29A-2-102</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052011SENU">. </span><span class="s2052011CL">Share of the spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal-000000"><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">The intestate share of a decedent's surviving spouse is:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal-000001"><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The entire intestate estate if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal-000002"><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    No descendant of the decedent survives the decedent; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal-000002"><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    All of the decedent's surviving descendants are also descendants of the surviving spouse;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal-000001"><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The first $100,000, plus one</span><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052011DefaultParagraphFont">half of any balance of the intestate estate, if one or more of the decedent's surviving descendants are not descendants of the surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052011000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052011Normal"><span class="s2052011SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052011SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-102.</span></p></div></body></html>