<HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 29A-2 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS 29A-2 INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 29A-2 INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 29A-2"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> CHAPTER 29A-2 <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4 --><!-- WP Style End: HG4 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: HG4C --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS <!-- WP Paired Style Off: HG4C --><!-- WP Style End: HG4C --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 1. INTESTATE SUCCESSION. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <p> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-101">29A-2-101</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Intestate estate. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-102">29A-2-102</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Share of the spouse. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-103">29A-2-103</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-104">29A-2-104</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-105">29A-2-105</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> No taker. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-106">29A-2-106</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Representation. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-107">29A-2-107</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Kindred of half blood. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-108">29A-2-108</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Afterborn heirs. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-109">29A-2-109</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Advancements. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-110">29A-2-110</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Debts to decedent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-111">29A-2-111</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Alienage. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-112">29A-2-112</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Dower and curtesy abolished. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-113">29A-2-113</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Individual related to decedent through two lines. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-114">29A-2-114</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Parent and child relationships. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 2. ELECTIVE SHARE OF SURVIVING SPOUSE. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-201">29A-2-201</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Definitions. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-202">29A-2-202</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Elective share. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-203">29A-2-203</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Computation of augmented estate. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-204">29A-2-204</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Decedent's net probate estate. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-205">29A-2-205</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Decedent's nonprobate transfers to others. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-206">29A-2-206</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Decedent's nonprobate transfers to surviving spouse. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-207">29A-2-207</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-208">29A-2-208</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-209">29A-2-209</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Sources from which elective shares payable. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-210">29A-2-210</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Personal liability of recipients. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-211">29A-2-211</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Proceeding for elective share--Time limit. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-212">29A-2-212</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Right of election personal to surviving spouse. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-213">29A-2-213</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Waiver of right to elect and of other rights. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-214">29A-2-214</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Protection of payors and other third parties. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 3. SPOUSE AND CHILDREN UNPROVIDED FOR IN WILLS. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-301">29A-2-301</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Entitlement of spouse--Premarital will. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-302">29A-2-302</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Omitted children. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 4. EXEMPT PROPERTY AND ALLOWANCES. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-401">29A-2-401</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Applicable law. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-402">29A-2-402</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Homestead allowance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-403">29A-2-403</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Family allowance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 5. WILLS, WILL CONTRACTS, AND CUSTODY AND DEPOSIT OF WILLS. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-501">29A-2-501</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Who may make a will. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-502">29A-2-502</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Holographic will--Validity of non-holographic will--Establishing intent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-503">29A-2-503</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Writings intended as wills, etc. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-504">29A-2-504</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Self-proved will. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-505">29A-2-505</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Who may witness. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-506">29A-2-506</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Choice of law as to execution. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-507">29A-2-507</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revocation by writing or by act. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <hr> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-508">29A-2-508</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revocation by change of circumstances. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-509">29A-2-509</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revival of revoked will. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-510">29A-2-510</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Incorporation by reference. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-511">29A-2-511</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Testamentary additions to trusts. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-512">29A-2-512</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Events of independent significance. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-513">29A-2-513</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-514">29A-2-514</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Contracts concerning succession. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-515">29A-2-515</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Deposit of will with court in testator's lifetime. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-516">29A-2-516</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Duty of custodian of will--Liability. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-517">29A-2-517</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Penalty clause for contest. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 6. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE ONLY TO WILLS. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> </Div> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-601">29A-2-601</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Scope. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-602">29A-2-602</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Will may pass all property and after-acquired property. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-603">29A-2-603</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Anti-lapse--Deceased devisee--Class gifts. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-604">29A-2-604</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Failure of testamentary provision. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-605">29A-2-605</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Increase in securities--Accessions. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-606">29A-2-606</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Nonademption of specific devises--Unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance--Sale by conservator or agent. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-607">29A-2-607</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Nonexoneration. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-608">29A-2-608</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Exercise of power of appointment. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-609">29A-2-609</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Ademption by satisfaction. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 7. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION APPLICABLE TO WILLS AND OTHER GOVERNING</Div> INSTRUMENTS. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-701">29A-2-701</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Scope. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-702">29A-2-702</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Requirement of survival by 120 hours. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-703">29A-2-703</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-704">29A-2-704</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Power of appointment--Meaning of specific reference requirement. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-705">29A-2-705</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-706">29A-2-706</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Reserved. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-707">29A-2-707</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-708">29A-2-708</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Class gifts to &quot;descendants,&quot; &quot;issue,&quot; or &quot;heirs of the body&quot;--Form of distribution if none specified. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-709">29A-2-709</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Distribution by representation or per stirpes. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-710">29A-2-710</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Worthier-title doctrine abolished. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-711">29A-2-711</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Interest in &quot;heirs&quot; and like. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: AHG8 --><Div align="center"><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> PART 8. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING PROBATE AND NONPROBATE</Div> TRANSFERS. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: AHG8 --><!-- WP Style End: AHG8 --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-801">29A-2-801</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Disclaimer of property interest. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-802">29A-2-802</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of divorce, annulment, and decree of separation. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <!-- WP Paired Style On: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-803">29A-2-803</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, trusts, joint assets, life insurance, and beneficiary designations. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: B --><!-- WP Style End: B --> <br> <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=29A-2-804">29A-2-804</A> <!-- WP Style Open: IN -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: IN --> Revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce--No revocation by other changes of circumstances.<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052010Normal { 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.s2052010SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052010CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052010Normal-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.s2052010DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052010Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052010000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052010SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052010SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052010Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-101"><span class="s2052010SENU">29A-2-101</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052010SENU">. </span><span class="s2052010CL">Intestate estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052010Normal-000000"><span class="s2052010DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Any part of a decedent's estate not effectively disposed of by will or otherwise passes by intestate succession to the decedent's heirs as prescribed in this code, except as modified by the decedent's will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052010Normal-000001"><span class="s2052010DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A decedent by will may expressly exclude or limit the right of an individual or class to succeed to property of the decedent passing by intestate succession. If that individual or a member of that class survives the decedent, the share of the decedent's intestate estate to which that individual or class would have succeeded passes as if that individual or all members of that class had disclaimed their intestate shares.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052010Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052010000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052010Normal"><span class="s2052010SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052010SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-101.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </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; 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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><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052012Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052012SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052012CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052012Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052012DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052012Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052012000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052012SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052012SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-103"><span class="s2052012SENU">29A-2-103</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052012SENU">. </span><span class="s2052012CL">Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">Any part of the intestate estate not passing to the decedent's surviving spouse under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-102"><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-102</span></a><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">, or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, passes in the following order to the individuals designated below who survive the decedent:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal-000001"><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    To the decedent's descendants by representation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal-000001"><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If there is no surviving descendant, to the decedent's parents equally if both survive, or to the surviving parent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal-000001"><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    If there is no surviving descendant or parent, to the descendants of the decedent's parents or either of them by representation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal-000001"><span class="s2052012DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    If there is no surviving descendant, parent, or descendant of a parent, but the decedent is survived by one or more grandparents or descendants of grandparents, half of the estate passes to the decedent's paternal grandparents equally if both survive, or to the surviving paternal grandparent, or by representation to the descendants of the decedent's paternal grandparents or either of them if both are deceased; and the other half passes to the decedent's maternal relatives in the same manner; but if there is no surviving grandparent or descendant of a grandparent on either the paternal or the maternal side, the entire estate passes to the decedent's relatives on the other side in the same manner as the half.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052012000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052012Normal"><span class="s2052012SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052012SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-103.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052013Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052013Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-104"><span class="s2052013SENU">29A-2-104</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052013SENU">. </span><span class="s2052013CL">Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052013Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052013DefaultParagraphFont">An individual who fails to survive the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent for purposes of homestead allowance, exempt property, and intestate succession, and the decedent's heirs are determined accordingly. This section is not to be applied if its application would result in a taking of intestate estate by the state under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-105"><span class="s2052013DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-105</span></a><span class="s2052013DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052013Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052013000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052013Normal"><span class="s2052013SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052013SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-104.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052014Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052014SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052014Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-105"><span class="s2052014SENU">29A-2-105</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052014SENU">. </span><span class="s2052014CL">No taker.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052014Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052014DefaultParagraphFont">If there is no taker under the provisions of this chapter, the intestate estate passes to the State of South Dakota as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-3-914"><span class="s2052014DefaultParagraphFont">29A-3-914</span></a><span class="s2052014DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052014Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052014000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052014Normal"><span class="s2052014SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052014SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-105.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052015Normal { 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.s2052015SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052015CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052015Normal-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.s2052015DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052015Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052015000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052015SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052015SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052015Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-106"><span class="s2052015SENU">29A-2-106</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052015SENU">. </span><span class="s2052015CL">Representation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052015Normal-000000"><span class="s2052015DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If, under § 29A-2-103(1), a decedent's intestate share or a part thereof passes "by representation" to the decedent's descendants, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) surviving children of the decedent, if any, and (ii) children of the decedent who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent. Each surviving child is allocated one share. The share of each child who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent is divided in the same manner, with subdivision repeating at each succeeding generation until the share is fully allocated among surviving descendants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052015Normal-000001"><span class="s2052015DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If, under § 29A-2-103(3) or (4), a decedent's intestate estate or a part thereof passes "by representation" to the descendants of the decedent's parents or either of them or to the descendants of the decedent's paternal or maternal grandparents or either of them, the estate or part thereof is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) children of the designated ancestor or ancestors who survived the decedent, if any, and (ii) children of the designated ancestor or ancestors who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent. Each surviving child is allocated one share. The share of each child who failed to survive the decedent but who left descendants who survive the decedent is divided in the same manner, with subdivision repeating at each succeeding generation until the share is fully allocated among surviving descendants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052015Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052015000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052015Normal"><span class="s2052015SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052015SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-106.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052016Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052016Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-107"><span class="s2052016SENU">29A-2-107</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052016SENU">. </span><span class="s2052016CL">Kindred of half blood.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052016Normal-000000"><span class="s2052016DefaultParagraphFont">Relatives of the half blood inherit the same share they would inherit if they were of the whole blood.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052016Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052016000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052016Normal"><span class="s2052016SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052016SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-107.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052017Normal { 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.s2052017SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052017CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052017Normal-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.s2052017DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052017000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052017SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052017SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052017Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-108"><span class="s2052017SENU">29A-2-108</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052017SENU">. </span><span class="s2052017CL">Afterborn heirs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052017Normal-000000"><span class="s2052017DefaultParagraphFont">An individual is treated as living at that time if the individual was conceived prior to a decedent's death, born within ten months of a decedent's death, and survived one hundred twenty hours or more after birth.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052017Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052017000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052017Normal"><span class="s2052017SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052017SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-108; SL 2007, ch 247, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052018Normal { 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.s2052018SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052018CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052018Normal-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.s2052018DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052018Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052018000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052018SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052018SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-109"><span class="s2052018SENU">29A-2-109</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052018SENU">. </span><span class="s2052018CL">Advancements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal-000000"><span class="s2052018DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If an individual dies intestate as to all or a portion of that individual's estate, property the decedent gave during the decedent's lifetime to an individual who, at the decedent's death, is an heir is treated as an advancement against the heir's intestate share only if (i) the decedent declared in a writing or the heir acknowledged in writing that the gift is an advancement or (ii) the decedent's writing or the heir's written acknowledgment otherwise indicates that the gift is to be taken into account in computing the division and distribution of the decedent's intestate estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal-000001"><span class="s2052018DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of subsection (a), property advanced is valued as of the time the heir came into possession or enjoyment of the property or as of the time of the decedent's death, whichever first occurs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal-000001"><span class="s2052018DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If the recipient of the property fails to survive the decedent, the property is not taken into account in computing the division and distribution of the decedent's intestate estate, unless the decedent's writing provides otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052018000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052018Normal"><span class="s2052018SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052018SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-109.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052019Normal { 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.s2052019SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052019CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052019Normal-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.s2052019DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052019000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052019SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052019SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052019Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-110"><span class="s2052019SENU">29A-2-110</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052019SENU">. </span><span class="s2052019CL">Debts to decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052019Normal-000000"><span class="s2052019DefaultParagraphFont">A debt owed to a decedent is not charged against the intestate share of any individual except the debtor. If the debtor fails to survive the decedent, the debt is not taken into account in computing the intestate share of the debtor's descendants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052019Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052019000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052019Normal"><span class="s2052019SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052019SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-110.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052020Normal { 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.s2052020SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052020CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052020Normal-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.s2052020DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052020000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052020SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052020SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052020Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-111"><span class="s2052020SENU">29A-2-111</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052020SENU">. </span><span class="s2052020CL">Alienage.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052020Normal-000000"><span class="s2052020DefaultParagraphFont">No individual is disqualified to take as an heir because that individual or another individual through whom that individual claims is or has been an alien.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052020Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052020000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052020Normal"><span class="s2052020SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052020SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-111.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052021Normal { 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.s2052021SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052021CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052021Normal-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.s2052021DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052021000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052021SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052021SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052021Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-112"><span class="s2052021SENU">29A-2-112</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052021SENU">. </span><span class="s2052021CL">Dower and curtesy abolished.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052021Normal-000000"><span class="s2052021DefaultParagraphFont">Dower and curtesy are abolished.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052021Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052021000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052021Normal"><span class="s2052021SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052021SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-112.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052022SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052022Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-113"><span class="s2052022SENU">29A-2-113</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052022SENU">. </span><span class="s2052022CL">Individual related to decedent through two lines.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052022Normal-000000"><span class="s2052022DefaultParagraphFont">An individual who is related to the decedent through two lines of relationship is entitled to only a single share based on the relationship that would entitle the individual to the larger share.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052022Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052022000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052022Normal"><span class="s2052022SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052022SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-113.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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However, inheritance from or through the child by a birth parent or that birth parent's kindred is precluded unless that birth parent has openly treated the child as kindred, and has not refused to support the child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal-000001"><span class="s2052023DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of intestate succession by, from, or through a person, an adopted individual is the child of that individual's adopting parent or parents and not of that individual's birth parents, except that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal-000002"><span class="s2052023DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Adoption of a child by the spouse of a birth parent has no effect on (i) the relationship between the child and the birth parent whose spouse has adopted the child or (ii) the right of the child or a descendant of the child to inherit from or through the other birth parent; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal-000002"><span class="s2052023DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Adoption of a child by a birth grandparent or a descendant of a birth grandparent of the child has no effect on the right of the child or a descendant of the child to inherit from or through either birth parent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal-000001"><span class="s2052023DefaultParagraphFont">(c) The identity of the mother of an individual born out of wedlock is established by the birth of the child. The identity of the father may be established by the subsequent marriage of the parents, by a written acknowledgment by the father during the child's lifetime, by a judicial determination of paternity during the father's lifetime, or by a presentation of clear and convincing proof in the proceeding to settle the father's estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052023000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052023Normal"><span class="s2052023SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052023SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-114.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052024Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052024SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052024CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052024Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052024DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052024Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052024DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052024000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052024SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052024SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-201"><span class="s2052024SENU">29A-2-201</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052024SENU">. </span><span class="s2052024CL">Definitions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000000"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">In this Part:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    As used in sections other than § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">, "decedent's nonprobate transfers to others" means the amounts that are included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Fractional interest in property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship" means the fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which, if the decedent was a joint tenant, is one plus the number of joint tenants who survive the decedent and which, if the decedent was not a joint tenant, is the number of joint tenants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Marriage," as it relates to a transfer by the decedent during marriage, means any marriage of the decedent to the decedent's surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Nonadverse party" means a person who does not have a substantial beneficial interest in the trust or other property arrangement that would be adversely affected by the exercise or nonexercise of the power that the person possesses respecting the trust or other property arrangement. A person having a general power of appointment over property is deemed to have a beneficial interest in the property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Power" or "power of appointment" includes a power to designate the beneficiary of a beneficiary designation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Probate estate" means homestead allowance, family allowances, exempt property and property that would pass by intestate succession if the decedent died without a valid will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(7)    "Property" includes values subject to a beneficiary designation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(8)    "Right to income" includes a right to payments under a commercial or private annuity, an annuity trust, a unitrust, a pension, profit</span><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">sharing or other retirement plan or account, or a similar arrangement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal-000001"><span class="s2052024DefaultParagraphFont">(9)    "Transfer," as it relates to a transfer by or of the decedent, includes (A) an exercise or release of a presently exercisable general power of appointment held by the decedent, (B) a lapse at death of a presently exercisable general power of appointment held by the decedent, and (C) an exercise, release, or lapse of a general power of appointment that the decedent created in the decedent's own favor and of a power described in § 29A-2-205(2)(ii) that the decedent conferred on a nonadverse party.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052024000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052024Normal"><span class="s2052024SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052024SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-201.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052025Normal { 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.s2052025SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052025CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052025Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 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</style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-202"><span class="s2052025SENU">29A-2-202</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025SENU">. </span><span class="s2052025CL">Elective share.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal-000000"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">(a) The surviving spouse of a decedent who dies domiciled in this State has a right of election, under the limitations and conditions stated in this Part, to take an elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share amount equal to the value of the elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share percentage of the augmented estate, determined by the length of time the spouse and the decedent were married to each other, in accordance with the following schedule:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">If the decedent and the spouse    The elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">were married to each other:    percentage is: </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">Less than 1 year     Supplemental Amount Only</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">1 year but less than 2 years     3% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">2 years but less than 3 years     6% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">3 years but less than 4 years     9% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">4 years but less than 5 years     12% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">5 years but less than 6 years     15% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">6 years but less than 7 years     18% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">7 years but less than 8 years     21% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">8 years but less than 9 years     24% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">9 years but less than 10 years     27% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">10 years but less than 11 years     30% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">11 years but less than 12 years     34% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">12 years but less than 13 years     38% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">13 years but less than 14 years     42% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">14 years but less than 15 years     46% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">15 years or more     50% of the augmented estate</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If the sum of the amounts described in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-207</span></a><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">, 29A-2-209(a)(1), and that part of the elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share amount payable from the decedent's probate estate and nonprobate transfers to others under § 29A-2-209(b) and (c) is less than $50,000, the surviving spouse is entitled to take a supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share amount equal to $50,000, minus the sum of the amounts described in those sections. The supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share amount is payable from the decedent's probate estate and from recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others in the order of priority set forth in § 29A-2-209(b) and (c).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal-000002"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If the right of election is exercised by or on behalf of the surviving spouse, the surviving spouse's homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance, if any, are not charged against but are in addition to the elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share and supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">share amounts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal-000002"><span class="s2052025DefaultParagraphFont">(d) The right, if any, of the surviving spouse of a decedent who dies domiciled outside this state to take an elective share in property in this state is governed by the law of the decedent's domicile at death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052025Normal"><span class="s2052025SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052025SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-202.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052026SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052026Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-203"><span class="s2052026SENU">29A-2-203</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026SENU">. </span><span class="s2052026CL">Computation of augmented estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052026Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">Subject to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-208"><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-208</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">, the value of the augmented estate, to the extent provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-204"><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-204</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-206</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-207</span></a><span class="s2052026DefaultParagraphFont">, consists of the sum of the values of all property, whether real or personal, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, wherever situated, that constitute the decedent's net probate estate, the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the surviving spouse, and the surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052026Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052026Normal"><span class="s2052026SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052026SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-203.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052027Normal { 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.s2052027SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052027CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052027Normal-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.s2052027DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052027000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052027SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052027SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052027Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-204"><span class="s2052027SENU">29A-2-204</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052027SENU">. </span><span class="s2052027CL">Decedent's net probate estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052027Normal-000000"><span class="s2052027DefaultParagraphFont">The value of the augmented estate includes the value of the decedent's probate estate, reduced by funeral and administration expenses, homestead allowance, family allowances, exempt property, and enforceable claims.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052027Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052027000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052027Normal"><span class="s2052027SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052027SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-204.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052028Normal { 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.s2052028SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052028CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052028Normal-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.s2052028DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052028Normal-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.s2052028Normal-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.s2052028DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052028000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052028SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052028SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052028SENU">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052028SENU">. </span><span class="s2052028CL">Decedent's nonprobate transfers to others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">The value of the augmented estate includes the value of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, not included under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-204"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-204</span></a><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">, of any of the following types, in the amount provided respectively for each type of transfer:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000001"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Property owned by the decedent immediately before death that passed outside probate at the decedent's death. Property included under this category consists of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    Property over which the decedent alone, immediately before death, held a presently exercisable general power of appointment. The amount included is the value of the property subject to the power, to the extent the property passed at the decedent's death, by exercise, release, lapse, in default, or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    The decedent's fractional interest in property held by the decedent in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship. The amount included is the value of the decedent's fractional interest, to the extent the fractional interest passed by right of survivorship at the decedent's death to a surviving joint tenant other than the decedent's surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    The decedent's ownership interest in property or accounts held in POD, TOD, or co</span><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">ownership registration with the right of survivorship. The amount included is the value of the decedent's ownership interest, to the extent the decedent's ownership interest passed at the decedent's death to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(iv)    Proceeds of insurance, including accidental death benefits, on the life of the decedent, if the decedent owned the insurance policy immediately before death or if and to the extent the decedent alone and immediately before death held a presently exercisable general power of appointment over the policy or its proceeds. The amount included is the value of the proceeds, to the extent they were payable at the decedent's death to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000001"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Property transferred in any of the following forms by the decedent during marriage:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    Any irrevocable transfer in which the decedent retained the right to the possession or enjoyment of, or to the income from, the property if and to the extent the decedent's right terminated at or continued beyond the decedent's death. The amount included is the value of the fraction of the property to which the decedent's right related, to the extent the fraction of the property passed outside probate to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    Any transfer in which the decedent created a power over income or property, exercisable by the decedent alone or in conjunction with any other person, or exercisable by a nonadverse party, to or for the benefit of the decedent, creditors of the decedent, the decedent's estate, or creditors of the decedent's estate. The amount included with respect to a power over property is the value of the property subject to the power, and the amount included with respect to a power over income is the value of the property that produces or produced the income, to the extent the power in either case was exercisable at the decedent's death to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's surviving spouse or to the extent the property passed at the decedent's death, by exercise, release, lapse, in default, or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse. If the power is a power over both income and property and the preceding sentence produces different amounts, the amount included is the greater amount.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000001"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Property that passed during marriage and during the two</span><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">year period immediately preceding the decedent's death as a result of a transfer by the decedent if the transfer was of any of the following types:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052028000004"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    Any property that passed as a result of the termination of a right or interest in, or power over, property that would have been included in the augmented estate under paragraph (1)(i), (ii), or (iii), or under paragraph (2), if the right, interest, or power had not terminated until the decedent's death. The amount included is the value of the property that would have been included under those paragraphs if the property were valued at the time the right, interest, or power terminated, and is included only to the extent the property passed upon termination to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent or the decedent's estate, spouse, or surviving spouse. As used in this subparagraph, "termination," with respect to a right or interest in property, occurs when the right or interest terminated by the terms of the governing instrument or the decedent transferred or relinquished the right or interest, and, with respect to a power over property, occurs when the power terminated by exercise, release, lapse, default, or otherwise, but, with respect to a power described in paragraph (1)(i), "termination" occurs when the power terminated by exercise or release, but not otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    Any transfer of or relating to an insurance policy on the life of the decedent if the proceeds would have been included in the augmented estate under paragraph (1)(iv) had the transfer not occurred. The amount included is the value of the insurance proceeds to the extent the proceeds were payable at the decedent's death to or for the benefit of any person other than the decedent's estate or surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal-000002"><span class="s2052028DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    Any transfer of property, to the extent not otherwise included in the augmented estate, made to or for the benefit of a person other than the decedent's surviving spouse. The amount included is the value of the transferred property to the extent the aggregate transfers to any one donee in either of the two years exceeded $10,000.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052028000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052028Normal"><span class="s2052028SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052028SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-205.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052029Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052029SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052029CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052029Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052029DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052029Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052029DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052029000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052029SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052029SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052029SENU">29A-2-206</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052029SENU">. </span><span class="s2052029CL">Decedent's nonprobate transfers to surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal-000000"><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">Excluding property passing to the surviving spouse under the federal Social Security System, the value of the augmented estate includes the value of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to the decedent's surviving spouse, which consist of all property that passed outside probate at the decedent's death from the decedent to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent's death, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal-000001"><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The decedent's fractional interest in property held as a joint tenant with the right of survivorship, to the extent that the decedent's fractional interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving joint tenant;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal-000001"><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The decedent's ownership interest in property or accounts held in co</span><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">ownership registration with the right of survivorship, to the extent the decedent's ownership interest passed to the surviving spouse as surviving co</span><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">owner; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal-000001"><span class="s2052029DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    All other property that would have been included in the augmented estate under § 29A-2-205(1) or (2) had it passed to or for the benefit of a person other than the decedent's spouse, surviving spouse, the decedent, or the decedent's creditors, estate, or estate creditors.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052029000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052029Normal"><span class="s2052029SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052029SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-206.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052030Normal { margin-top: 0; 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margin-right: 0; } p.s2052030Normal-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.s2052030DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052030Normal-000004 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052030000005 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052030SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052030SCL-000006 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052030SENU">29A-2-207</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052030SENU">. </span><span class="s2052030CL">Surviving spouse's property and nonprobate transfers to others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Except to the extent included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-204"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-204</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-206</span></a><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">, the value of the augmented estate includes the value of:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000001"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Property that was owned by the decedent's surviving spouse at the decedent's death, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000002"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    The surviving spouse's fractional interest in property held in joint tenancy with the right of survivorship;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000002"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    The surviving spouse's ownership interest in property or accounts held in co</span><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">ownership registration with the right of survivorship; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000002"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    Property that passed to the surviving spouse by reason of the decedent's death, but not including the spouse's right to homestead allowance, family allowance, exempt property, or payments under the federal Social Security System; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000001"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Property that would have been included in the surviving spouse's nonprobate transfers to others, other than the spouse's fractional and ownership interests included under subsection (a)(1)(i) or (ii), had the spouse been the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000004"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Property included under this section is valued at the decedent's death, taking the fact that the decedent predeceased the spouse into account, but, for purposes of subsection (a)(1)(i) and (ii), the values of the spouse's fractional and ownership interests are determined immediately before the decedent's death if the decedent was then a joint tenant or a co</span><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">owner of the property or accounts. For purposes of subsection (a)(2), proceeds of insurance that would have been included in the spouse's nonprobate transfers to others under § 29A-2-205(1)(iv) are not valued as if the surviving spouse were deceased.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal-000004"><span class="s2052030DefaultParagraphFont">(c) The value of property included under this section is reduced by enforceable claims against the surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052030000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052030Normal"><span class="s2052030SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052030SCL-000006"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-207.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052031Normal-000002 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052031000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052031SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052031SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-208"><span class="s2052031SENU">29A-2-208</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031SENU">. </span><span class="s2052031CL">Exclusions, valuation, and overlapping application.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal-000000"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">(a) The value of any property is excluded from the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others (i) to the extent the decedent received adequate and full consideration in money or money's worth for a transfer of the property or (ii) if the property was transferred with the written joinder of, or if the transfer was consented to in writing by, the surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal-000001"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">(b) The value of property:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-206</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-207</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont"> is reduced in each category by enforceable claims against the included property; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal-000002"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Includes the commuted value of any present or future interest and the commuted value of amounts payable under any trust, life insurance settlement option, annuity contract, public or private pension, disability compensation, death benefit or retirement plan, or any similar arrangement, exclusive of the federal Social Security system.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">(c) In case of overlapping application to the same property of the paragraphs or subparagraphs of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-206</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">, or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-207</span></a><span class="s2052031DefaultParagraphFont">, the property is included in the augmented estate under the provision resulting in the greatest value, and under only one overlapping provision if they all yield the same value.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052031Normal"><span class="s2052031SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052031SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-208.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052032Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052032SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052032CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052032Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052032DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052032Normal-000002 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052032Normal-000003 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052032000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052032SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052032SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-209"><span class="s2052032SENU">29A-2-209</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032SENU">. </span><span class="s2052032CL">Sources from which elective shares payable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000000"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(a) In a proceeding for an elective share, the following are applied first to satisfy the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount and to reduce or eliminate any contributions due from the decedent's probate estate and recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Amounts included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-204"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-204</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont"> which pass or have passed to the surviving spouse by testate or intestate succession and amounts included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-206"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-206</span></a><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000002"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Amounts included in the augmented estate which would have passed to the spouse but were disclaimed; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Amounts included in the augmented estate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-207"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-207</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont"> up to the applicable percentage thereof. For the purposes of this subsection, the "applicable percentage" is twice the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share percentage set forth in the schedule in § 29A-2-202(a) appropriate to the length of time the spouse and the decedent were married to each other.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000003"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If, after the application of subsection (a), the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount is not fully satisfied or the surviving spouse is entitled to a supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount, amounts included in the decedent's probate estate and in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, other than amounts included under § 29A-2-205(3)(i) or (iii), are applied first to satisfy the unsatisfied balance of the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount or the supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount. The decedent's probate estate and that portion of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others are applied so that liability for the unsatisfied balance of the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount or for the supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount is equitably apportioned among the recipients of the decedent's probate estate and of that portion of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others in proportion to the value of their interests therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal-000003"><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If, after the application of subsections (a) and (b), the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share or supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount is not fully satisfied, the remaining portion of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others is applied so that liability for the unsatisfied balance of the elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share or supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052032DefaultParagraphFont">share amount is equitably apportioned among the recipients of the remaining portion of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others in proportion to the value of their interests therein.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052032Normal"><span class="s2052032SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052032SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-209.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052033Normal { 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.s2052033SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052033CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052033Normal-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.s2052033DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052033DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052033Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052033000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052033SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052033SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052033Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-210"><span class="s2052033SENU">29A-2-210</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052033SENU">. </span><span class="s2052033CL">Personal liability of recipients.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052033Normal-000000"><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Only original recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, and the donees of the recipients of the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, to the extent the donees have the property or its proceeds, are liable to make a proportional contribution toward satisfaction of the surviving spouse's elective</span><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">share or supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">share amount. A person liable to make contribution may choose to give up the person's proportional part of the decedent's nonprobate transfers or to pay the value of the amount for which the person is liable.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052033Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If any section or part of any section of this part is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit included in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of that item of property or benefit, as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-209"><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-209</span></a><span class="s2052033DefaultParagraphFont">, to the person who would have been entitled to it were that section or part of that section not preempted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052033Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052033000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052033Normal"><span class="s2052033SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052033SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-210.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052034Normal { 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.s2052034SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052034CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052034Normal-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.s2052034DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052034Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052034DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052034000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052034SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052034SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-211"><span class="s2052034SENU">29A-2-211</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034SENU">. </span><span class="s2052034CL">Proceeding for elective share--Time limit.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal-000000"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Unless the time for filing an election is extended under subsection (b), the election must be made by filing in the court and mailing or delivering to the personal representative, if any, a petition for the elective share within nine months after the date of the decedent's death, or within four months after the admission to either informal or formal probate of the will of the decedent to which the election applies, whichever limitation later expires. Notice of hearing on the election must be given to persons interested in the estate and to the distributees and recipients of portions of the augmented estate whose interests will be adversely affected by the taking of the elective share. The decedent's nonprobate transfers to others are not included within the augmented estate for the purpose of computing the elective share if the petition is filed more than nine months after the decedent's death or beyond the time extended by the court under subsection (b).</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal-000001"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Within nine months after the decedent's death, a petition for an extension of time for making an election may be filed and the court may grant the petition for good cause shown. Notice of the petition must be given to all persons interested in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal-000001"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A demand for an elective share may be withdrawn at any time before entry of a final determination by the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal-000001"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">(d) After notice and hearing, the court shall determine the elective</span><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">share and supplemental elective</span><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">share amounts, and shall order its payment from the assets of the augmented estate or by contribution as appears appropriate under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-209"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-209</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-210"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-210</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">. If it appears that a fund or property included in the augmented estate has not come into the possession of the personal representative, or has been distributed by the personal representative, the court nevertheless shall fix the liability of any person who has any interest in the fund or property or who has possession thereof, whether as trustee or otherwise. The proceeding may be maintained against fewer than all persons against whom relief could be sought, but no person is subject to contribution in any greater amount than the person would have been under §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-209"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-209</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-210"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-210</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont"> had relief been secured against all persons subject to contribution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal-000001"><span class="s2052034DefaultParagraphFont">(e) An order or judgment of the court may be enforced as necessary in suit for contribution or payment in other courts of this state or other jurisdictions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052034Normal"><span class="s2052034SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052034SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-211.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052035Normal { 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.s2052035SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052035CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052035Normal-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.s2052035DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052035000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052035SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052035SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052035Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-212"><span class="s2052035SENU">29A-2-212</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052035SENU">. </span><span class="s2052035CL">Right of election personal to surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052035Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052035DefaultParagraphFont">The right of election may be exercised either by the surviving spouse or by the surviving spouse's conservator or agent under the authority of a power of attorney, or if the surviving spouse dies prior to the expiration of the time for making an election under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-211"><span class="s2052035DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-211</span></a><span class="s2052035DefaultParagraphFont">, by the surviving spouse's personal representative.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052035Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052035000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052035Normal"><span class="s2052035SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052035SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-212.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052036Normal { 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.s2052036SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052036CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052036Normal-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.s2052036DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052036Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } p.s2052036Normal-000002 { 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.s2052036Normal-000003 { 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.s2052036000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052036SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052036SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-213"><span class="s2052036SENU">29A-2-213</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052036SENU">. </span><span class="s2052036CL">Waiver of right to elect and of other rights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000000"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(a) The right of election of a surviving spouse and the rights of the surviving spouse to homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance, or any of them, may be waived, wholly or partially, before or after marriage, by a written contract, agreement, or waiver signed by the surviving spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000001"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A surviving spouse's waiver is not enforceable if the surviving spouse proves that:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000002"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The waiver was not executed voluntarily; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000002"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The waiver was unconscionable when it was executed and, before execution of the waiver, the surviving spouse:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000003"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    Was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the decedent;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000003"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    Did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, any right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the decedent beyond the disclosure provided; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000003"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    Did not have, or reasonably could not have had, an adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000001"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(c) An issue of unconscionability of a waiver is for decision by the court as a matter of law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal-000001"><span class="s2052036DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Unless it provides to the contrary, a waiver of "all rights," or equivalent language, in the property or estate of a present or prospective spouse or a complete property settlement entered into after or in anticipation of separation or divorce is a waiver of all rights of elective share, homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance by each spouse in the property of the other and a renunciation by each of all benefits that would otherwise pass from the other by intestate succession or by virtue of any will executed before the waiver or property settlement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052036000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052036Normal"><span class="s2052036SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052036SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-213.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052037Normal { 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.s2052037SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052037CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052037Normal-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.s2052037DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052037Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052037000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052037SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052037SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-214"><span class="s2052037SENU">29A-2-214</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052037SENU">. </span><span class="s2052037CL">Protection of payors and other third parties.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052037DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Although under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-205"><span class="s2052037DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-205</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052037DefaultParagraphFont"> a payment, item of property, or other benefit is included in the decedent's nonprobate transfers to others, a payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, or for having taken any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of a governing instrument, upon request and satisfactory proof of the decedent's death, before the payor or other third party has received written notice from the surviving spouse or spouse's representative of an intention to file a petition for the elective share or that a petition for the elective share has been filed. A payor or other third party is liable for payments made or other actions taken after the payor or other third party received written notice of an intention to file a petition for the elective share or that a petition for the elective share has been filed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal-000001"><span class="s2052037DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A written notice of intention to file a petition for the elective share or that a petition for the elective share has been filed must be mailed to the payor's or other third party's main office or home by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or served upon the payor or other third party in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Upon receipt of written notice of intention to file a petition for the elective share or that a petition for the elective share has been filed, a payor or other third party may pay any amount owed or transfer or deposit any item of property held by it to or with the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings relating to the settlement of the decedent's estate, or if no proceedings have been commenced, to or with the court located in the county of the decedent's residence. The court shall hold the funds or item of property and, upon its determination under § 29A-2-211(d), shall order disbursement in accordance with the determination. If no petition is filed in the court within the specified time under § 29A-2-211(a) or, if filed, the demand for an elective share is withdrawn under § 29A-2-211(c), the court shall order disbursement to the designated beneficiary. Payments or transfers to the court or deposits made into court discharge the payor or other third party from all claims for amounts so paid or the value of property so transferred or deposited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal-000001"><span class="s2052037DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Upon petition to the court by the beneficiary designated in a governing instrument, the court may order that all or part of the property be paid to the beneficiary in an amount and subject to conditions consistent with this part.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052037000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052037Normal"><span class="s2052037SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052037SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-214.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052038Normal-000001"><span class="s2052038DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The testator provided for the spouse by transfer outside the will and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by the testator's statements or is reasonably inferred from the amount of the transfer or other evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052038Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052038DefaultParagraphFont">(b) In satisfying the share provided by this section, devises made by the will to the testator's surviving spouse, if any, are applied first, and other devises abate as provided in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-3-902"><span class="s2052038DefaultParagraphFont">29A-3-902</span></a><span class="s2052038DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052038Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052038000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052038Normal"><span class="s2052038SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052038SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-301.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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} </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-302"><span class="s2052039SENU">29A-2-302</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052039SENU">. </span><span class="s2052039CL">Omitted children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000000"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A child born to or adopted by the testator after the execution of the will who is neither mentioned nor provided for in the will is entitled to receive a share in the estate as follows:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000001"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the testator had no child living when the will was executed, the omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child receives a share in the estate equal in value to that which the child would have received had the testator died intestate, unless the will devised all or substantially all of the estate to the other parent of the omitted child and that other parent survives the testator and is entitled to take under the will. In satisfying the share, devises made by the will abate under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-3-902"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">29A-3-902</span></a><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000001"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the testator had one or more children living when the will was executed, and the will devised property or an interest in property to one or more of the then</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">living children:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000003"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(i)    The portion of the testator's estate in which the omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child is entitled to share is limited to the devises made to the testator's then</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">living children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000003"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(ii)    The omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child is entitled to receive the portion of the devised property or interest in property that the child would have received had the testator included all omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born and after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted children with the children to whom devises were made and had given each child an equal share of the devises.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000003"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(iii)    To the extent feasible, the interest granted the omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child must be of the same character, whether equitable or legal, present or future, as that devised to the testator's then</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">living children.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000003"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(iv)    In satisfying the share, devises to the testator's children who were living when the will was executed abate ratably. In abating the devises, the court shall preserve to the maximum extent possible the character of the testamentary plan adopted by the testator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000001"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Despite the foregoing, an omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child may not receive a share in the estate if the testator provided for the child by transfer outside the will and the intent that the transfer be in lieu of a testamentary provision is shown by the testator's statements or is reasonably inferred from the amount of the transfer or other evidence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal-000004"><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of this section, a child whom the testator failed to provide for by will because the testator believed the child to be dead shall be considered an omitted after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">born or after</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052039DefaultParagraphFont">adopted child.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052039000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052039Normal"><span class="s2052039SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052039SCL-000006"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-302.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052040Normal { 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.s2052040SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052040CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052040Normal-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.s2052040DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052040000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052040SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052040SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052040Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-401"><span class="s2052040SENU">29A-2-401</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052040SENU">. </span><span class="s2052040CL">Applicable law.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052040Normal-000000"><span class="s2052040DefaultParagraphFont">This part applies to the estate of a decedent who dies domiciled in this state. Rights to homestead allowance, exempt property, and family allowance for a decedent who dies not domiciled in this state are governed by the law of the decedent's domicile at death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052040Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052040000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052040Normal"><span class="s2052040SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052040SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-401.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052041Normal { 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.s2052041SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052041CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052041Normal-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.s2052041DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052041Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052041000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052041SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052041SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-402"><span class="s2052041SENU">29A-2-402</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052041SENU">. </span><span class="s2052041CL">Homestead allowance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A decedent's surviving spouse or minor children are entitled to a homestead allowance as provided in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-31"><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">43-31</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">. In addition to the homestead allowance, the decedent's surviving spouse is entitled to the property and cash described as exempt property in chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=43-45"><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">43-45</span></a><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">. If there is no surviving spouse, the decedent's children are entitled jointly to the exempt property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal-000001"><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Exempt property and homestead allowance are in addition to any share passing to the surviving spouse or children by the decedent's will, by intestate succession, or by way of elective share. Exempt property and homestead allowance have priority over all claims against the estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal-000001"><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Property that is specifically devised may not be used to satisfy rights to homestead allowance or exempt property to the extent there is other property of the estate available to satisfy such rights.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal-000001"><span class="s2052041DefaultParagraphFont">(d) The personal representative may execute an instrument or deed of distribution to establish the ownership of property taken as homestead allowance or exempt property. The personal representative or any interested person aggrieved by any selection, determination, or failure to act under this section may petition the court for appropriate relief.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052041000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052041Normal"><span class="s2052041SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052041SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-402.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052042Normal { 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.s2052042SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052042CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052042Normal-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.s2052042DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052042Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052042000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052042SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052042SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-403"><span class="s2052042SENU">29A-2-403</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052042SENU">. </span><span class="s2052042CL">Family allowance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000000"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(a) In addition to the homestead allowance and exempt property, the decedent's surviving spouse and minor children whom the decedent was obligated to support and the children who were in fact being supported by the decedent shall be allowed a reasonable family allowance in money out of the estate for their maintenance during the period of administration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000001"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Without the necessity of court approval, the personal representative may determine the family allowance in a lump sum not exceeding $18,000 or in installments not exceeding $1,500 per month for one year.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000001"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(c) The family allowance shall be payable to the surviving spouse, if living, for the use of the surviving spouse and any minor or dependent children; otherwise to the children, their guardian, conservator, or persons having their care and custody. If a minor child or dependent child is not living with the surviving spouse, the allowance may be made partially to the child or the guardian, conservator, or person having the care and custody of that child, and partially to the spouse, as their needs may appear.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000001"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(d) The family allowance is exempt from and has priority over all claims except the homestead and exempt property allowances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000001"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(e) The family allowance is not chargeable against any benefit or share passing to the surviving spouse or children by the will of the decedent, unless otherwise provided, by intestate succession, or by way of elective share. The death of any person entitled to the family allowance terminates the right of that person to allowances not yet paid.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal-000001"><span class="s2052042DefaultParagraphFont">(f) The personal representative or an interested person aggrieved by any determination, payment, proposed payment, or failure to act under this section may petition the court for appropriate relief, which may include a family allowance other than that which the personal representative determined or could have determined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052042000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052042Normal"><span class="s2052042SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052042SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-403.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052043Normal { 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.s2052043SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052043CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052043Normal-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.s2052043DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052043000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052043SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052043SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052043Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-501"><span class="s2052043SENU">29A-2-501</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052043SENU">. </span><span class="s2052043CL">Who may make a will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052043Normal-000000"><span class="s2052043DefaultParagraphFont">An individual eighteen or more years of age who is of sound mind may make a will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052043Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052043000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052043Normal"><span class="s2052043SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052043SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-501.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052044Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052044Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052044Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052044Normal-000003 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052044000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052044SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-502"><span class="s2052044SENU">29A-2-502</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044SENU">. </span><span class="s2052044CL">Holographic will--Validity of non</span><span class="s2052044CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052044CL">holographic will--Establishing intent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000001"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A will is valid as a holographic will, whether or not witnessed, if the signature and material portions of the document are in the testator's handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000002"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A will not valid as a holographic will must be:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    In writing;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Signed by the testator or in the testator's name by some other individual in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000003"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Signed in the conscious presence of the testator by two or more individuals who, in the conscious presence of the testator, witnessed either the signing of the will or the testator's acknowledgment of that signature.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal-000002"><span class="s2052044DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Intent that the document constitute the testator's will can be established by extrinsic evidence, including, for holographic wills, portions of the document that are not in the testator's handwriting.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052044Normal"><span class="s2052044SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052044SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-502.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052045Normal { 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.s2052045SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052045CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052045Normal-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.s2052045DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052045000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052045SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052045SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052045Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-503"><span class="s2052045SENU">29A-2-503</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052045SENU">. </span><span class="s2052045CL">Writings intended as wills, etc..</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052045Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052045DefaultParagraphFont">Although a document or writing added upon a document was not executed in compliance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-502"><span class="s2052045DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-502</span></a><span class="s2052045DefaultParagraphFont">, the document or writing is treated as if it had been executed in compliance with that section if the proponent of the document or writing establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent intended the document or writing to constitute (i) the decedent's will, (ii) a partial or complete revocation of the will, (iii) an addition to or an alteration of the will, or (iv) a partial or complete revival of a formerly revoked will or of a formerly revoked portion of the will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052045Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052045000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052045Normal"><span class="s2052045SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052045SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-503.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052046Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; 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class="s2052046SENU">29A-2-504</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046SENU">. </span><span class="s2052046CL">Self</span><span class="s2052046CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052046CL">proved will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal-000001"><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self</span><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont">proved, by acknowledgment thereof by the testator and affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal-000003"><span class="s2052046B">I, ________________, the testator, sign my name to this instrument this ______ day of ____________, and being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that I sign and execute this instrument as my will and that I sign it willingly (or willingly direct another to sign for me), that I execute it as my free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that I am eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">Testator</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">We, ________________, ________________, the witnesses, sign our names to this instrument, being first duly sworn, and do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signs and executes this instrument as [his] [her] will and that [he] [she] signs it willingly (or willingly directs another to sign for [him] [her]), that [he] [she] executes it as [his] [her] free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of us, in the presence and hearing of the testator, hereby signs this will as witness to the testator's signing, and that to the best of our knowledge the testator is eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Witness </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Witness </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">The State of __________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">County of ________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ________________, the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by ________________, and ________________, witnesses, this ______ day of ____________.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">(Seal)</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    (Signed) </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    (Official capacity of officer) </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">(b) An attested will may be made self</span><span class="s2052046B-000004">-</span><span class="s2052046B">proved at any time after its execution by the acknowledgment thereof by the testator and the affidavits of the witnesses, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which the acknowledgment occurs and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under the official seal, attached or annexed to the will in substantially the following form:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">The State of __________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">County of ________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">We,_____________, _____________, and _____________, the testator and the witnesses, respectively, whose names are signed to the attached or foregoing instrument, being first duly sworn, do hereby declare to the undersigned authority that the testator signed and executed the instrument as the testator's will and that [he] [she] had signed willingly (or willingly directed another to sign for [him] [her]), and that [he] [she] executed it as [his] [her] free and voluntary act for the purposes therein expressed, and that each of the witnesses, in the presence and hearing of the testator, signed the will as witness and that to the best of [his] [her] knowledge the testator was at that time eighteen years of age or older, of sound mind, and under no constraint or undue influence.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Testator </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046000005"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Witness </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ______________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Witness </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">Subscribed, sworn to and acknowledged before me by ________________, the testator, and subscribed and sworn to before me by ________________, and ________________, witnesses, this ______ day of ____________.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046B">(Seal)</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    Signed </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    ____________________________</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046B">    (Official capacity of officer) </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal-000003"><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A signature affixed to a self</span><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052046DefaultParagraphFont">proving affidavit attached to a will is considered a signature affixed to the will, if necessary to prove the will's due execution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046000005"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052046Normal"><span class="s2052046SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052046SCL-000006"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-504.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta 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competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052047Normal-000001"><span class="s2052047DefaultParagraphFont">(b) The signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any provision of it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052047Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052047000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052047Normal"><span class="s2052047SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052047SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-505.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052048Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; 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New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052048Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-506"><span class="s2052048SENU">29A-2-506</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048SENU">. </span><span class="s2052048CL">Choice of law as to execution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052048Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048DefaultParagraphFont">A written will is valid if executed in compliance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-502"><span class="s2052048DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-502</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048DefaultParagraphFont"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-503"><span class="s2052048DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-503</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048DefaultParagraphFont"> or if its execution complies with the law at the time of execution of the jurisdiction where the will is executed, or of the law of the jurisdiction where at the time of execution or at the time of death the testator is domiciled, has a place of abode, or is a national.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052048Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052048Normal"><span class="s2052048SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052048SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-506.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052049Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052049SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052049CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052049Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052049DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052049Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052049Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052049000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052049SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052049SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-507"><span class="s2052049SENU">29A-2-507</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052049SENU">. </span><span class="s2052049CL">Revocation by writing or by act.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000000"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A will or any part thereof is revoked:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000001"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    By executing a subsequent will that revokes the previous will or part expressly or by inconsistency; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000001"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    By performing a revocatory act on the will, if the testator performed the act with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the will or part or if another individual performed the act in the testator's conscious presence and by the testator's direction. For purposes of this paragraph, "revocatory act on the will" includes burning, tearing, canceling, obliterating, or destroying the will or any part of it, whether or not the revocatory act touched any of the words on the will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000002"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a subsequent will does not expressly revoke a previous will, the execution of the subsequent will wholly revokes the previous will by inconsistency if the testator intended the subsequent will to replace rather than supplement the previous will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000002"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(c) The testator is presumed to have intended a subsequent will to replace rather than supplement a previous will if the subsequent will makes a complete disposition of the testator's estate. If this presumption arises and is not rebutted by clear and convincing evidence, the previous will is revoked; only the subsequent will is operative on the testator's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal-000002"><span class="s2052049DefaultParagraphFont">(d) The testator is presumed to have intended a subsequent will to supplement rather than replace a previous will if the subsequent will does not make a complete disposition of the testator's estate. If this presumption arises and is not rebutted by clear and convincing evidence, the subsequent will revokes the previous will only to the extent the subsequent will is inconsistent with the previous will; each will is fully operative on the testator's death to the extent they are not inconsistent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052049000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052049Normal"><span class="s2052049SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052049SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-507.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052050Normal { 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.s2052050SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052050CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052050Normal-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.s2052050DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052050000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052050SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052050SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052050Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-508"><span class="s2052050SENU">29A-2-508</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052050SENU">. </span><span class="s2052050CL">Revocation by change of circumstances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052050Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052050DefaultParagraphFont">Except as provided in §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-803"><span class="s2052050DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-803</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052050DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-804"><span class="s2052050DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-804</span></a><span class="s2052050DefaultParagraphFont">, a change of circumstances does not revoke a will or any part of it.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052050Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052050000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052050Normal"><span class="s2052050SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052050SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-508.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052051Normal { 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.s2052051SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052051CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052051Normal-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.s2052051DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052051Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052051000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052051SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052051SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-509"><span class="s2052051SENU">29A-2-509</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052051SENU">. </span><span class="s2052051CL">Revival of revoked will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal-000000"><span class="s2052051DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If a subsequent will that wholly revoked a previous will is thereafter revoked by a revocatory act under § 29A-2-507(a)(2), the previous will is revived only if it is evident from the circumstances of the revocation of the subsequent will or from the testator's contemporary or subsequent statements that the testator intended the previous will to take effect as executed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal-000001"><span class="s2052051DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a subsequent will that partly revoked a previous will is thereafter revoked by a revocatory act under § 29A-2-507(a)(2), a revoked part of the previous will is revived unless it is evident from the circumstances of the revocation of the subsequent will or from the testator's contemporary or subsequent statements that the testator did not intend the revoked part to take effect as executed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal-000001"><span class="s2052051DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If a subsequent will that revoked a previous will in whole or in part is thereafter revoked by another, later, will, the previous will or its revoked part is revived only to the extent that it appears from the terms of the later will that the testator intended the previous will to take effect.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052051000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052051Normal"><span class="s2052051SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052051SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-509.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052052Normal { 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.s2052052SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052052CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052052Normal-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.s2052052DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052052000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052052SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052052SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052052Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-510"><span class="s2052052SENU">29A-2-510</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052052SENU">. </span><span class="s2052052CL">Incorporation by reference.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052052Normal-000000"><span class="s2052052DefaultParagraphFont">A writing in existence when a will is executed may be incorporated by reference if the language of the will manifests this intent and describes the writing sufficiently to permit its identification.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052052Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052052000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052052Normal"><span class="s2052052SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052052SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-510.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052053Normal { 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.s2052053SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052053CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052053Normal-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.s2052053DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052053Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052053000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052053SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052053SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-511"><span class="s2052053SENU">29A-2-511</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052053SENU">. </span><span class="s2052053CL">Testamentary additions to trusts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal-000000"><span class="s2052053DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A will may validly devise property to the trustee of a trust established or to be established (i) during the testator's lifetime by the testator, by the testator and some other person, or by some other person, including a funded or unfunded life insurance trust, although the settlor has reserved any or all rights of ownership of the insurance contracts, or (ii) at the testator's death by the testator's devise to the trustee, if the trust is identified in the testator's will and its terms are set forth in a written instrument, other than a will, executed before, concurrently with, or after the execution of the testator's will or in another individual's will if that other individual has predeceased the testator, regardless of the existence, size, or character of the corpus of the trust. The devise is not invalid because the trust is amendable or revocable, or because the trust was amended after the execution of the will or the testator's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal-000001"><span class="s2052053DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Unless the testator's will provides otherwise, property devised to a trust described in subsection (a) is not held under a testamentary trust of the testator, but it becomes a part of the trust to which it is devised, and must be administered and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the governing instrument setting forth the terms of the trust, including any amendments thereto made before or after the testator's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal-000001"><span class="s2052053DefaultParagraphFont">(c) Unless the testator's will provides otherwise, a revocation or termination of the trust before the testator's death causes the devise to lapse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052053000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052053Normal"><span class="s2052053SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052053SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-511.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052054Normal { 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.s2052054SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052054CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052054Normal-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.s2052054DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052054000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052054SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052054SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052054Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-512"><span class="s2052054SENU">29A-2-512</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052054SENU">. </span><span class="s2052054CL">Events of independent significance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052054Normal-000000"><span class="s2052054DefaultParagraphFont">A will may dispose of property by reference to acts and events that have significance apart from their effect upon the dispositions made by the will, whether they occur before or after the execution of the will or before or after the testator's death. The execution or revocation of another individual's will is such an event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052054Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052054000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052054Normal"><span class="s2052054SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052054SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-512.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052055Normal { 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.s2052055SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052055CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052055Normal-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.s2052055DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052055000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052055SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052055SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052055Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-513"><span class="s2052055SENU">29A-2-513</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052055SENU">. </span><span class="s2052055CL">Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052055Normal-000000"><span class="s2052055DefaultParagraphFont">Whether or not the provisions relating to holographic wills apply, a will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money. To be admissible under this section as evidence of the intended disposition, the writing must be signed by the testator and must describe the items and the devisees with reasonable certainty. The writing may be referred to as one to be in existence at the time of the testator's death; it may be prepared before or after the execution of the will; it may be altered by the testator after its preparation; and it may be a writing that has no significance apart from its effect on the dispositions made by the will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052055Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052055000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052055Normal"><span class="s2052055SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052055SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-513.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052056Normal { 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.s2052056SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052056CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052056Normal-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.s2052056DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052056000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052056SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052056SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052056Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-514"><span class="s2052056SENU">29A-2-514</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052056SENU">. </span><span class="s2052056CL">Contracts concerning succession.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052056Normal-000000"><span class="s2052056DefaultParagraphFont">A contract to make a will or devise, or not to revoke a will or devise, or to die intestate, if executed on or after July 1, 1995, may be established only by (i) provisions of a will stating material provisions of the contract, (ii) an express reference in a will to a contract and extrinsic evidence proving the terms of the contract, or (iii) a writing signed by the decedent evidencing the contract. The execution of a joint will or mutual wills does not create a presumption of a contract not to revoke the will or wills.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052056Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052056000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052056Normal"><span class="s2052056SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052056SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-514.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052057Normal { 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.s2052057SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052057CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052057Normal-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.s2052057DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052057000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052057SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052057SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052057Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-515"><span class="s2052057SENU">29A-2-515</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052057SENU">. </span><span class="s2052057CL">Deposit of will with court in testator's lifetime.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052057Normal-000000"><span class="s2052057DefaultParagraphFont">A will may be deposited by the testator or the testator's agent with any court for safekeeping. The will must be sealed and kept confidential. During the testator's lifetime, a deposited will must be delivered only to the testator or to a person authorized in writing signed by the testator to receive the will. A conservator may be allowed to examine a deposited will of a protected testator under procedures designed to maintain the confidential character of the document to the extent possible, and to ensure that it will be resealed and kept on deposit after the examination. Upon being informed of the testator's death, the court shall notify any person designated to receive the will and deliver it to that person on request; or the court may deliver the will to the appropriate court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052057Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052057000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052057Normal"><span class="s2052057SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052057SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-515.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052058Normal { 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.s2052058SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052058CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052058Normal-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.s2052058DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052058000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052058SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052058SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052058Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-516"><span class="s2052058SENU">29A-2-516</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052058SENU">. </span><span class="s2052058CL">Duty of custodian of will--Liability.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052058Normal-000000"><span class="s2052058DefaultParagraphFont">After the death of a testator and on request of an interested person, a person having custody of a will of the testator shall deliver it with reasonable promptness to an appropriate court or to a person able to secure its probate. A person who willfully fails to deliver a will is liable to any person aggrieved for any damages that may be sustained by the failure.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052058Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052058000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052058Normal"><span class="s2052058SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052058SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-516.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052059Normal { 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.s2052059SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052059CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052059Normal-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.s2052059DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052059000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052059SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052059SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052059Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-517"><span class="s2052059SENU">29A-2-517</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052059SENU">. </span><span class="s2052059CL">Penalty clause for contest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052059Normal-000000"><span class="s2052059DefaultParagraphFont">A provision in a will purporting to penalize an interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052059Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052059000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052059Normal"><span class="s2052059SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052059SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-517.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052060Normal { 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.s2052060SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052060CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052060Normal-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.s2052060DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052060000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052060SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052060SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052060Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-601"><span class="s2052060SENU">29A-2-601</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052060SENU">. </span><span class="s2052060CL">Scope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052060Normal-000000"><span class="s2052060DefaultParagraphFont">In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention, the rules of construction in this part control the construction of a will.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052060Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052060000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052060Normal"><span class="s2052060SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052060SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-601.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052061Normal { 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.s2052061SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052061CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052061CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052061Normal-000001 { 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.s2052061DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052061000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052061SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052061SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052061Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-602"><span class="s2052061SENU">29A-2-602</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052061SENU">. </span><span class="s2052061CL">Will may pass all property and after</span><span class="s2052061CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052061CL">acquired property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052061Normal-000001"><span class="s2052061DefaultParagraphFont">A will may provide for the passage of all property the testator owns at death and all property acquired by the estate after the testator's death.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052061Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052061000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052061Normal"><span class="s2052061SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052061SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-602.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052062Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052062SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052062CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052062CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052062Normal-000001 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052062DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052062Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052062Normal-000003 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052062000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052062SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052062SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-603"><span class="s2052062SENU">29A-2-603</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062SENU">. </span><span class="s2052062CL">Anti</span><span class="s2052062CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052062CL">lapse--Deceased devisee--Class gifts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal-000001"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If an individual named as a devisee in a will dies before the will was executed, or dies after the will was executed and before the testator, the devise fails unless (i) the devisee is a grandparent, a descendant of a grandparent, a stepchild, or a descendant of the stepchild of the testator and (ii) the devisee left descendants who survive the testator. Those descendants take by representation the property to which the devisee would have been entitled had the devisee survived the testator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal-000002"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a devise is made in the form of a class gift and a devisee (member of the class) dies before the will was executed, or dies after the will was executed and before the testator, the share of the devisee fails, passes to the surviving members of the class, or passes to the surviving descendants of any deceased members of the class, as the case may be, unless (i) the devisee is a grandparent, a descendant of a grandparent, a stepchild, or a descendant of a stepchild of the testator and (ii) the devisee left descendants who survive the testator. Those descendants take by representation the property to which the devisee would have been entitled had the devisee survived the testator.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal-000002"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">(c) For purposes of this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Class gift" excludes a devise to "issue," "descendants," or "heirs of the body," the disposition of which is controlled by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-708"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-708</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">, and excludes a devise to "heirs," "next of kin," "relatives," "family," or a class described by language of similar import, the disposition of which is controlled by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-711"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-711</span></a><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Devise" excludes a future interest in trust, the disposition of which is controlled by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-707"><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-707</span></a><span class="s2052062DefaultParagraphFont">, and "devisee" excludes a beneficiary thereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052062Normal"><span class="s2052062SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052062SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-603.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052063Normal { 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.s2052063SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052063CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052063Normal-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.s2052063DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052063Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052063000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052063SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052063SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052063Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-604"><span class="s2052063SENU">29A-2-604</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052063SENU">. </span><span class="s2052063CL">Failure of testamentary provision.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052063Normal-000000"><span class="s2052063DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A devise, other than a residuary devise, that fails for any reason becomes a part of the residue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052063Normal-000001"><span class="s2052063DefaultParagraphFont">(b) A residuary devise that fails for any reason passes to the testator's heirs unless the residue is devised to two or more persons, in which event the failed devise passes to the other residuary devisee, or to other residuary devisees in proportion to the interest of each in the remaining part of the residue.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052063Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052063000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052063Normal"><span class="s2052063SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052063SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-604.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052064Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052064SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052064CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052064Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052064DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052064Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052064Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052064000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052064SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052064SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-605"><span class="s2052064SENU">29A-2-605</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052064SENU">. </span><span class="s2052064CL">Increase in securities--Accessions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal-000000"><span class="s2052064DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If a testator executes a will that devises securities and the testator then owned securities that meet the description in the will, the devise includes additional securities owned by the testator at death to the extent the additional securities were acquired by the testator after the will was executed as a result of the testator's ownership of the described securities and are securities of any of the following types:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal-000001"><span class="s2052064DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Securities of the same organization acquired by reason of action initiated by the organization or any successor, related, or acquiring organization, excluding any acquired by exercise of purchase options;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal-000001"><span class="s2052064DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Securities of another organization acquired as a result of a merger, consolidation, reorganization, or other distribution by the organization or any successor, related, or acquiring organization; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal-000001"><span class="s2052064DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Securities of the same organization acquired as a result of a plan of reinvestment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal-000002"><span class="s2052064DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Distributions in cash before death with respect to a described security are not part of the devise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052064000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052064Normal"><span class="s2052064SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052064SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-605.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052065Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052065SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052065CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052065Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052065DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052065Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } p.s2052065Normal-000002 { text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052065000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052065SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052065SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-606"><span class="s2052065SENU">29A-2-606</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052065SENU">. </span><span class="s2052065CL">Nonademption of specific devises--Unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance--Sale by conservator or agent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000000"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A specific devisee has a right to the specifically devised property in the testator's estate at death and:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000001"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Any balance of the purchase price, together with any security agreement, owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000001"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property unpaid at death;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000001"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    Any proceeds unpaid at death on fire or casualty insurance on or other recovery for injury to the property;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000001"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    Property owned by the testator at death and acquired as a result of foreclosure, or obtained in lieu of foreclosure, of the security interest for a specifically devised obligation;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000001"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    Property owned by the testator at death if it is evident from the circumstances that the testator intended the property to be distributed as a replacement for specifically devised property.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal-000002"><span class="s2052065DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If specifically devised property is sold or mortgaged by a conservator or by an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for a principal who lacks capacity, or if a condemnation award, insurance proceeds, or recovery for injury to the property are paid to a conservator or to an agent acting within the authority of a durable power of attorney for a principal who lacks capacity, the specific devisee has the right to a general pecuniary devise equal to the net sale price, the amount of the unpaid loan, the condemnation award, the insurance proceeds, or the recovery. The right of a specific devisee under this subsection is reduced by any right the devisee has under subsection (a). For purposes of this subsection, the acts of an agent within the authority of a durable power of attorney are presumed to be for a principal who lacks capacity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052065000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052065Normal"><span class="s2052065SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052065SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-606.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052066Normal { 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.s2052066SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052066CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052066Normal-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.s2052066DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052066000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052066SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052066SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052066Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-607"><span class="s2052066SENU">29A-2-607</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052066SENU">. </span><span class="s2052066CL">Nonexoneration.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052066Normal-000000"><span class="s2052066DefaultParagraphFont">A specific devise passes subject to any mortgage interest existing at the date of death, without right of exoneration, regardless of a general directive in the will to pay debts.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052066Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052066000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052066Normal"><span class="s2052066SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052066SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-607.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052067SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052067Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-608"><span class="s2052067SENU">29A-2-608</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052067SENU">. </span><span class="s2052067CL">Exercise of power of appointment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052067Normal-000000"><span class="s2052067DefaultParagraphFont">In the absence of a requirement that a power of appointment be exercised by a reference, or by an express or specific reference, to the power, a general residuary clause in a will, or a will making general disposition of all of the testator's property, expresses an intention to exercise a power of appointment held by the testator only if (i) the power is a general power and the creating instrument does not contain a gift if the power is not exercised or (ii) the testator's will manifests an intention to include the property subject to the power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052067Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052067000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052067Normal"><span class="s2052067SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052067SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-608.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052068Normal { 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.s2052068SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052068CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052068Normal-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.s2052068DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052068Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052068000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052068SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052068SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-609"><span class="s2052068SENU">29A-2-609</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052068SENU">. </span><span class="s2052068CL">Ademption by satisfaction.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal-000000"><span class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Property a testator gave during lifetime to a person is treated as a satisfaction of a devise in whole or in part, only if (i) the will provides for deduction of the gift, (ii) the testator declared in a writing that the gift is in satisfaction of the devise or that its value is to be deducted from the value of the devise, or (iii) the devisee acknowledged in writing that the gift is in satisfaction of the devise or that its value is to be deducted from the value of the devise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal-000001"><span class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of partial satisfaction, property given during lifetime is valued as of the time the devisee came into possession or enjoyment of the property or at the testator's death, whichever occurs first.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If the devisee fails to survive the testator, the gift is treated as a full or partial satisfaction of the devise, as appropriate, in applying §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-603"><span class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-603</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-604"><span class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-604</span></a><span class="s2052068DefaultParagraphFont">, unless the testator's writing provides otherwise.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052068000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052068Normal"><span class="s2052068SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052068SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-609.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052069SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052069Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-701"><span class="s2052069SENU">29A-2-701</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052069SENU">. </span><span class="s2052069CL">Scope.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052069Normal-000000"><span class="s2052069DefaultParagraphFont">In the absence of a finding of a contrary intention, the rules of construction in this part control the construction of a governing instrument. The rules of construction in this part apply to a governing instrument of any type, except as the application of a particular section is limited by its terms to a specific type or types of provision or governing instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052069Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052069000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052069Normal"><span class="s2052069SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052069SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-701.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052070Normal { 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.s2052070SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052070CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052070Normal-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.s2052070DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052070Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052070Normal-000003 { 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; } span.s2052070000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052070SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052070SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-702"><span class="s2052070SENU">29A-2-702</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052070SENU">. </span><span class="s2052070CL">Requirement of survival by 120 hours.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000000"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(a) For the purposes of this code, an individual who does not survive an event, including the death of another individual, by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000001"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of a provision of a governing instrument that relates to an individual surviving an event, including the death of another individual, an individual who does not survive the event by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000001"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If (i) it is not established that one of two co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owners with right of survivorship survived the other co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owner by 120 hours, one</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">half as if the other had survived by 120 hours and (ii) there are more than two co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owners and at least one of them did not survive the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owners. For the purposes of this subsection, "co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owners with right of survivorship" includes joint tenants and other co</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">owners of property or accounts held under circumstances that entitles one or more to the whole of the property or account on the death of the other or others.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000001"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Survival by 120 hours is not required if:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    The governing instrument contains language dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    The governing instrument expressly indicates that an individual is not required to survive an event, including the death of another individual, by any specified period or expressly requires the individual to survive the event by a specified period; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    The application of this section to multiple governing instruments would result in an unintended failure or duplication of a disposition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000001"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(e)(1) A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument who, under this section, is not entitled to the payment or item of property, or for having taken any other action in good faith reliance on the beneficiary's apparent entitlement under the terms of the governing instrument, before the payor or other third party has received written notice of a claimed lack of entitlement under this section. A payor or other third party is liable for a payment made or other action taken after the payor or other third party received written notice of a claimed lack of entitlement under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Written notice of a claimed lack of entitlement under paragraph (1) must be mailed to the payor's or other third party's main office or home by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or served upon the payor or other third party in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Upon receipt of written notice of a claimed lack of entitlement under this section, a payor or other third party may pay any amount owed or transfer or deposit any item of property held by it to or with the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings relating to the settlement of the decedent's estate, or if no proceedings have been commenced, to or with the court located in the county of the decedent's residence. The court shall hold the funds or item of property and, upon its determination under this section, shall order disbursement in accordance with the determination. Payments, transfers, or deposits made to or with the court discharge the payor or other third party from all claims for the value of amounts paid to or items of property transferred to or deposited with the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052070000004"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000001"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(f)(1) A person who purchases property for value and without notice, or who receives a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is neither obligated under this section to return the payment, item of property, or benefit nor is liable under this section for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit. But a person who, not for value, receives a payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which the person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who is entitled to it under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal-000003"><span class="s2052070DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If this section or any part of this section is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit covered by this section, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which the person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who would have been entitled to it were this section or part of this section not preempted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052070000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052070Normal"><span class="s2052070SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052070SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-702.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052071Normal { 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.s2052071SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052071CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052071Normal-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.s2052071DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052071000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052071SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052071SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052071Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-703"><span class="s2052071SENU">29A-2-703</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052071SENU">. </span><span class="s2052071CL">Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052071Normal-000000"><span class="s2052071DefaultParagraphFont">The meaning and legal effect of a governing instrument is determined by the local law of the state selected by the transferor in the governing instrument, unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in Part 2, the provisions relating to exempt property and allowances described in Part 4, or any other public policy of this state otherwise applicable to the disposition.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052071Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052071000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052071Normal"><span class="s2052071SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052071SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-703.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; 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font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052072SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052072Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-704"><span class="s2052072SENU">29A-2-704</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052072SENU">. </span><span class="s2052072CL">Power of appointment--Meaning of specific reference requirement.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052072Normal-000000"><span class="s2052072DefaultParagraphFont">If a governing instrument creating a power of appointment expressly requires that the power be exercised by a reference, an express reference, or a specific reference, to the power or its source, it is presumed that the donor's intention, in requiring that the donee exercise the power by making reference to the particular power or to the creating instrument, was to prevent an inadvertent exercise of the power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052072Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052072000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052072Normal"><span class="s2052072SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052072SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-704.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052073Normal { 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.s2052073SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052073CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052073Normal-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.s2052073DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052073000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052073SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052073SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052073Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-705"><span class="s2052073SENU">29A-2-705</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052073SENU">. </span><span class="s2052073CL">Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052073Normal-000000"><span class="s2052073DefaultParagraphFont">Adopted individuals and individuals born out of wedlock, and their respective descendants if appropriate to the class, are included in class gifts and other terms of relationship in accordance with the rules for intestate succession. Terms of relationship that do not differentiate relationships by blood from those by affinity, such as "uncles," "aunts," "nieces," or "nephews," are construed to exclude relatives by affinity. Terms of relationship that do not differentiate relationships by the half blood from those by the whole blood, such as "brothers," "sisters," "nieces," or "nephews," are construed to include both types of relationships.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052073Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052073000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052073Normal"><span class="s2052073SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052073SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-705.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /> <HTML> <HEAD> <HTML> <HEAD> <meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 29A-2 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS 29A-2-706 </title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws SDCL 29A-2-706 "> <META NAME="Description" Content="South Dakota Codified Laws 29A-2-706"> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- File converted by Wp2Html Version 4.0 --> <!-- Email Andrew@brackenbeds.co.uk for more details --> <!-- WP Style Open: System_34 --><!-- WP Style End: System_34 --> <Div align="full"> <!-- WP Paired Style On: SENU -->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> 29A-2-706. <!-- WP Paired Style Off: SENU -->&nbsp;<!-- WP Style End: SENU --> Reserved<p> </BODY> </HTML> <br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052075Normal { 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.s2052075SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052075CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052075Normal-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.s2052075DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052075Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } p.s2052075Normal-000002 { 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; } span.s2052075000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052075SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052075SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-707"><span class="s2052075SENU">29A-2-707</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075SENU">. </span><span class="s2052075CL">Survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000000"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(a) A future interest created under the terms of a trust is contingent on the beneficiary surviving the distribution date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000001"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If an individual named as a beneficiary of a future interest created under the terms of a trust does not survive the distribution date, the future interest fails unless (i) the beneficiary is a grandparent, descendant of a grandparent, a stepchild, or a descendant of a stepchild of the testator or settlor and (ii) the beneficiary left descendants who survive the distribution date. Those descendants take by representation the property to which the beneficiary would have been entitled had the beneficiary survived the distribution date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000001"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If a future interest created under the terms of a trust is made in the form of a class gift and a beneficiary (member of the class) dies before the distribution date, the share of the beneficiary fails, passes to the surviving members of the class, or passes to the surviving descendants of any deceased members of the class, as the case may be, unless (i) the beneficiary is a grandparent, a descendant of a grandparent, a stepchild, or a descendant of a stepchild of the testator or settlor, and (ii) the beneficiary left descendants who survive the distribution date. Those descendants take by representation the property to which the beneficiary would have been entitled had the beneficiary survived the distribution date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000001"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(d) If a future interest created under the terms of a trust fails for any reason:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000002"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    If the property passes under the residuary clause in the transferor's will, then the residuary clause is treated as creating a future interest under the terms of a trust.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If the property passes to the transferor's heirs, then the property shall be distributed under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-711"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-711</span></a><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000001"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(e) For purposes of this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Class gift" excludes a future interest to "issue," "descendants," or "heirs of the body," the disposition of which is controlled by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-708"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-708</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">, and excludes a devise to "heirs," "next of kin," "relatives," or "family," or a class described by language of similar import, the disposition of which is controlled by § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-711"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-711</span></a><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal-000002"><span class="s2052075DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Distribution date," with respect to a future interest, means the time when the future interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052075Normal"><span class="s2052075SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052075SCL-000004"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-707.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052076Normal { 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.s2052076SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052076CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052076Normal-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.s2052076DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052076000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052076SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052076SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052076Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-708"><span class="s2052076SENU">29A-2-708</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052076SENU">. </span><span class="s2052076CL">Class gifts to "descendants," "issue," or "heirs of the body"--Form of distribution if none specified.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052076Normal-000000"><span class="s2052076DefaultParagraphFont">If a class gift in favor of "descendants," "issue," or "heirs of the body" does not specify the manner in which the property is to be distributed among the class members, the property is distributed among the class members who are living when the interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment, in such shares as they would receive, under the applicable law of intestate succession, if the designated ancestor had then died intestate owning the subject matter of the class gift.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052076Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052076000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052076Normal"><span class="s2052076SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052076SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-708.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052077Normal { 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.s2052077SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052077CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052077Normal-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.s2052077DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052077Normal-000001 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052077000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052077SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052077SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052077Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-709"><span class="s2052077SENU">29A-2-709</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052077SENU">. </span><span class="s2052077CL">Distribution by representation or per stirpes.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052077Normal-000000"><span class="s2052077DefaultParagraphFont">(a) If a governing instrument calls for property to be distributed "by representation" or "per stirpes," the property is divided into as many equal shares as there are (i) children of the designated ancestor who survived the distribution date, if any, and (ii) children of the designated ancestor who failed to survive the distribution date but who left descendants who survived the distribution date. Each surviving child is allocated one share. The share of each child who failed to survive the distribution date but who left descendants who survived the distribution date is allocated in the same manner, with subdivision repeating at each succeeding generation until the share is fully allocated among surviving descendants.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052077Normal-000001"><span class="s2052077DefaultParagraphFont">(b) For purposes of this section, "distribution date" means the time when the interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052077Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052077000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052077Normal"><span class="s2052077SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052077SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-709.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052078Normal { 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.s2052078SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052078CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052078CL-000000 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052078Normal-000001 { 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.s2052078DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052078000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052078SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052078SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052078Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-710"><span class="s2052078SENU">29A-2-710</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052078SENU">. </span><span class="s2052078CL">Worthier</span><span class="s2052078CL-000000">-</span><span class="s2052078CL">title doctrine abolished.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052078Normal-000001"><span class="s2052078DefaultParagraphFont">The doctrine of worthier title does not exist in this state either as a rule of law or as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's "heirs," "heirs at law," "next of kin," "distributees," "relatives," or "family," or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052078Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052078000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052078Normal"><span class="s2052078SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052078SCL-000003"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-710.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052079Normal { 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.s2052079SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052079CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052079Normal-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.s2052079DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052079000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052079SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052079SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052079Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-711"><span class="s2052079SENU">29A-2-711</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052079SENU">. </span><span class="s2052079CL">Interest in "heirs" and like.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052079Normal-000000"><span class="s2052079DefaultParagraphFont">If an applicable statute or a governing instrument calls for a present or future distribution to or creates a present or future interest in a designated individual's "heirs," "heirs at law," "next of kin," "relatives," or "family," or language of similar import, the property passes to those persons, including the state, and in such shares as would succeed to the designated individual's intestate estate under the intestate succession law of the designated individual's domicile if the designated individual died when the disposition is to take effect in possession or enjoyment. If the designated individual's surviving spouse is living but is remarried at the time the disposition is to take effect in possession or enjoyment, the surviving spouse is not an heir of the designated individual.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052079Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052079000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052079Normal"><span class="s2052079SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052079SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-711.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052080Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; 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normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052080000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052080Normal-000004 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2052080SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052080SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-801"><span class="s2052080SENU">29A-2-801</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052080SENU">. </span><span class="s2052080CL">Disclaimer of property interest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000000"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(a) Any person who may be entitled to receive any property or beneficial interest, vested or otherwise, under any will of or by intestate succession from a decedent, or as a surviving joint tenant of a decedent, or under the terms of an inter vivos trust or other lifetime transfer, or as the beneficiary of any life insurance policy, of any retirement plan or of any other contract, shall have the right to disclaim irrevocably the whole or any part of such property or beneficial interest.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(b) If a disclaimer of an interest receivable under a will or by intestate succession is made in writing and filed with the clerk of the court in which the estate is or was pending, (i) if of a present interest, not later than nine months after the date of death of the testator or intestate from whom such interest is receivable, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the decedent's death and the interest so disclaimed passes as if the person disclaiming had predeceased the decedent, and (ii) if of a future interest, not later than nine months after the event determining that the taker is finally ascertained and the taker's interest is indefeasibly vested, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the determining event and the disclaimed interest passes as if the person disclaiming had predeceased that event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(c) If a disclaimer of an interest receivable by the surviving joint tenant of a decedent is made in writing and filed with the clerk of the court in which the joint tenancy or estate proceeding is pending not later than nine months after the decedent's death, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the decedent's death and the joint interest so disclaimed passes as if the surviving joint tenant had predeceased the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(d) If the disclaimer of an interest receivable as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, of a retirement plan, or of any other contract is made in writing and filed with the clerk of the court in which the estate is pending, or if no estate is pending, with the insurer, employer, or other issuer of the contract, not later than nine months after the date of death of the decedent from whom such interest is receivable, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the decedent's death and the interest so disclaimed passes in the same manner as if the person disclaiming had predeceased the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(e) If the disclaimer of an interest receivable under an inter vivos trust or lifetime transfer is made in writing and delivered to the then acting trustee of the trust or to the donor or the personal representative of the donor's estate, (i) if of a present interest, not later than nine months after the day on which the transfer creating the interest in the donee was made, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the date of the creation of the interest and the interest so disclaimed passes as if the person so disclaiming had predeceased the creation of the interest, and (ii) if of a future interest, not later than nine months after the event determining that the taker is finally ascertained and the taker's interest is indefeasibly vested, then that disclaimer is retroactive to the determining event and the disclaimed interest passes as if the person disclaiming had predeceased that event.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(f) The time for making a disclaimer shall not in any case expire until nine months after the day on which the person entitled to make the disclaimer attains the age of twenty</span><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont-000002">-</span><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">one.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(g) Nothing in this section shall prevent a testator from providing in a will or a settlor from providing in a trust for the making of disclaimers and for the disposition of disclaimed property in a manner different from the provisions hereof.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(h) The right and means provided in this section for the making of a disclaimer are not exclusive but are in addition to every other right and means of a person to make a disclaimer. Nothing in this section shall prevent the making of a disclaimer in any lawful manner.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(i) A disclaimer not made within the time limits prescribed by this section shall be construed as an assignment of the interest disclaimed to the persons who would be entitled to take had the disclaimer been timely made.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052080000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(j) The right and procedure provided in this section for the making of a disclaimer is available to and exercisable by a conservator, a personal representative, a trustee, or an agent acting on a person's behalf within the authority of a power of attorney. A disclaimer by a conservator shall be subject to the requirements of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-5-420"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">29A-5-420</span></a><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">. A disclaimer by a personal representative shall be exercised in the best interests of the estate and only following entry of an appropriate order by the court having jurisdiction. A disclaimer by a trustee shall be exercised in the best interests of the trust estate.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(k) The right to disclaim property or an interest therein is barred by, and any attempted disclaimer shall be invalidated by:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000004"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    An assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge, or transfer of property or interest, or a contract therefor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000004"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    A written waiver of the right to disclaim;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000004"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    An acceptance of the property or interest or benefit thereunder; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000004"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    A sale of the property or interest under judicial sale made before the disclaimer is effected. The right to disclaim exists notwithstanding any limitation on the interest of the disclaimant in the nature of a spendthrift provision or similar restriction. The disclaimer or the written waiver of the right to disclaim is binding on the disclaimant or person waiving and all persons claiming through or under the disclaimant or person waiving.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal-000001"><span class="s2052080DefaultParagraphFont">(l) Whenever a disclaimer affects any interest in real estate, a certified copy of the disclaimer may be recorded at anytime in the office of the register of deeds in each county wherein any such real estate is located. Failure to so record such a disclaimer does not affect the validity of the disclaimer.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052080000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052080Normal"><span class="s2052080SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052080SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-801; SL 1999, ch 144, § 1; SL 2002, ch 100, § 3.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052081Normal { 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.s2052081SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052081CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052081Normal-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.s2052081DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052081000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052081SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052081SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052081Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-802"><span class="s2052081SENU">29A-2-802</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052081SENU">. </span><span class="s2052081CL">Effect of divorce, annulment, and decree of separation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052081Normal-000000"><span class="s2052081DefaultParagraphFont">An individual who is divorced from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been annulled is not a surviving spouse unless, by virtue of a subsequent marriage, the individual is married to the decedent at the time of death. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052081Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052081000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052081Normal"><span class="s2052081SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052081SCL-000002"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-802.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052082Normal { 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.s2052082SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052082CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052082Normal-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.s2052082DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052082Normal-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.s2052082Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052082DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052082000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052082SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052082SCL-000005 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-803"><span class="s2052082SENU">29A-2-803</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052082SENU">. </span><span class="s2052082CL">Effect of homicide on intestate succession, wills, trusts, joint assets, life insurance, and beneficiary designations.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000000"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(a) In this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Disposition or appointment of property" includes a transfer of an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a will, trust, or other governing instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Governing instrument" means a will, trust, or other governing instrument executed by the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Revocable," with respect to a disposition, appointment, provision, or nomination, means one under which the decedent, at the time of or immediately before death, was alone empowered, by law or under the governing instrument, to revoke or cancel the designation in favor of the killer, whether or not the decedent was then empowered to designate the decedent in place of the decedent's killer and whether or not the decedent then had capacity to exercise the power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(b) An individual who feloniously and intentionally kills the decedent forfeits all benefits under this chapter with respect to the decedent's estate, including an intestate share, an elective share, an omitted spouse's or child's share, a homestead allowance, exempt property, and a family allowance. If the decedent died intestate, the decedent's intestate estate passes as if the killer disclaimed the killer's intestate share.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(c) The felonious and intentional killing of the decedent:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Revokes any revocable (i) disposition or appointment of property made by the decedent to the killer in a governing instrument, (ii) provision in a governing instrument conferring a general or nongeneral power of appointment on the killer, and (iii) nomination of the killer in a governing instrument, nominating or appointing the killer to serve in any fiduciary or representative capacity, including a personal representative, executor, trustee, or agent; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Severs the interests of the decedent and killer in property held by them at the time of the killing as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, transforming the interests of the decedent and killer into tenancies in common.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(d) A severance under subsection (c)(2) does not affect any third</span><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">party interest in property acquired for value and in good faith reliance on an apparent title by survivorship in the killer unless a writing declaring the severance has been noted, registered, filed, or recorded in records appropriate to the kind and location of the property which are relied upon, in the ordinary course of transactions involving such property, as evidence of ownership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(e) Provisions of a governing instrument are given effect as if the killer disclaimed all provisions revoked by this section or, in the case of a revoked nomination in a fiduciary or representative capacity, as if the killer predeceased the decedent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(f) A wrongful acquisition of property or interest by a killer not covered by this section must be treated in accordance with the principle that a killer cannot profit from the killer's wrong.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(g) A final judgment of conviction establishing criminal accountability for the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent conclusively establishes the convicted individual as the decedent's killer for purposes of this section. Absent a conviction, a determination by the court that there is a preponderance of evidence that the individual would be found criminally accountable for the felonious and intentional killing of the decedent conclusively establishes that individual as the decedent's killer for purposes of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052082000004"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(h)(1) A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument affected by an intentional and felonious killing, or for having taken any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of the governing instrument, upon request and satisfactory proof of the decedent's death, before the payor or other third party has received written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this section. A payor or other third party is liable for a payment made or other action taken after the payor or other third party received written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under paragraph (1) must be mailed to the payor's or other third party's main office or home by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or served upon the payor or other third party in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Upon receipt of written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this section, a payor or other third party may pay any amount owed or transfer or deposit any item of property held by it to or with the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings relating to the settlement of the decedent's estate, or if no proceedings have been commenced, to or with the court located in the county of the decedent's residence. The court shall hold the funds or item of property and, upon its determination under this section, shall order disbursement in accordance with the determination. Payments, transfers, or deposits made to or with the court discharge the payor or other third party from all claims for the value of amounts paid to or items of property transferred to or deposited with the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000002"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(i)(1) A person who purchases property for value and without notice, or who receives a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is neither obligated under this section to return the payment, item of property, or benefit nor is liable under this section for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit. But a person who, not for value, receives a payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which the person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who is entitled to it under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal-000001"><span class="s2052082DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If this section or any part of this section is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit covered by this section, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which the person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who would have been entitled to it were this section or part of this section not preempted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052082000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052082Normal"><span class="s2052082SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052082SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-803.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><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 - INTESTATE SUCCESSION AND WILLS </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2052083Normal { 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.s2052083SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052083CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052083Normal-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.s2052083DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2052083Normal-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.s2052083Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2052083DefaultParagraphFont-000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052083000004 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052083SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2052083SCL-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="s2052083Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-804"><span class="s2052083SENU">29A-2-804</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083SENU">. </span><span class="s2052083CL">Revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce--No revocation by other changes of circumstances.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000000"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(a) In this section:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Disposition or appointment of property" includes a transfer of an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Divorce or annulment" means any divorce or annulment, or any dissolution or declaration of invalidity of a marriage, that would exclude the spouse as a surviving spouse within the meaning of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-802"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-802</span></a><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status of husband and wife is not a divorce for purposes of this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Divorced individual" includes an individual whose marriage has been annulled.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(4)    "Governing instrument" means a will, trust, or other governing instrument executed by the divorced individual before the divorce or annulment of the individual's marriage to the former spouse.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(5)    "Relative of the divorced individual's former spouse" means an individual who is related to the divorced individual's former spouse by blood, adoption, or affinity and who, after the divorce or annulment, is not related to the divorced individual by blood, adoption, or affinity.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(6)    "Revocable," with respect to a disposition, appointment, provision, or nomination, means one under which the divorced individual, at the time of the divorce or annulment, was alone empowered, by law or under the governing instrument, to revoke or cancel the designation in favor of the former spouse or former spouse's relative, whether or not the divorced individual could then have been substituted in place of the former spouse or in place of the former spouse's relative and whether or not the divorced individual then had the capacity to exercise the power.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(b) Except as provided by the express terms of a governing instrument, a court order, or a contract relating to the division of the marital estate made between the divorced individuals before or after the marriage, divorce, or annulment, the divorce or annulment of a marriage:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    Revokes any revocable (i) disposition or appointment of property made by a divorced individual to a former spouse in a governing instrument and any disposition or appointment created by law or in a governing instrument to a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse, (ii) provision in a governing instrument conferring a general or nongeneral power of appointment on the divorced individual's former spouse or on a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse, and (iii) nomination in a governing instrument, nominating a divorced individual's former spouse or a relative of the divorced individual's former spouse to serve in any fiduciary or representative capacity, including a personal representative, executor, trustee, conservator, agent, or guardian; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Severs the interests of the former spouses in property held by them at the time of the divorce or annulment as joint tenants with the right of survivorship, transforming the interests of the former spouses into tenancies in common.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(c) A severance under subsection (b)(2) does not affect any third</span><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont-000003">-</span><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">party interest in property acquired for value and in good faith reliance on an apparent title by survivorship in the survivor of the former spouses unless a writing declaring the severance has been noted, registered, filed, or recorded in records appropriate to the kind and location of the property which are relied upon, in the ordinary course of transactions involving such property, as evidence of ownership.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(d) Provisions of a governing instrument are given effect as if the former spouse and relatives of the former spouse disclaimed all provisions revoked by this section or, in the case of a revoked nomination in a fiduciary or representative capacity, as if the former spouse and relatives of the former spouse died immediately before the divorce or annulment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(e) Provisions revoked solely by this section are revived by the divorced individual's remarriage to the former spouse or by a nullification of the divorce or annulment.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083000004"> </span></p></div><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(f) No change of circumstances other than as described in this section and in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=29A-2-803"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">29A-2-803</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont"> effects a revocation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(g)(1) A payor or other third party is not liable for having made a payment or transferred an item of property or any other benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument affected by a divorce, annulment, or remarriage, or for having taken any other action in good faith reliance on the validity of the governing instrument, before the payor or other third party has received written notice of the divorce, annulment, or remarriage. A payor or other third party is liable for a payment made or other action taken after the payor or other third party received written notice of a claimed forfeiture or revocation under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    Written notice of the divorce, annulment, or remarriage under paragraph (1) must be mailed to the payor's or other third party's main office or home by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or served upon the payor or other third party in the same manner as a summons in a civil action. Upon receipt of written notice of the divorce, annulment, or remarriage, a payor or other third party may pay any amount owed or transfer or deposit any item of property held by it to or with the court having jurisdiction of the proceedings relating to the settlement of the decedent's estate or, if no proceedings have been commenced, to or with the court located in the county of the decedent's residence. The court shall hold the funds or item of property and, upon its determination under this section, shall order disbursement or transfer in accordance with the determination. Payments, transfers, or deposits made to or with the court discharge the payor or other third party from all claims for the value of amounts paid to or items of property transferred to or deposited with the court.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000002"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(h)(1) A person who purchases property from a former spouse, relative of a former spouse, or any other person for value and without notice, or who receives from a former spouse, relative of a former spouse, or any other person a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is neither obligated under this section to return the payment, item of property, or benefit nor is liable under this section for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit. But a former spouse, relative of a former spouse, or other person who, not for value, received a payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which that person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who is entitled to it under this section.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal-000001"><span class="s2052083DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    If this section or any part of this section is preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or any other benefit covered by this section, a former spouse, relative of the former spouse, or any other person who, not for value, received a payment, item of property, or any other benefit to which that person is not entitled under this section is obligated to return that payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who would have been entitled to it were this section or part of this section not preempted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083000004"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2052083Normal"><span class="s2052083SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2052083SCL-000005"> SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-804.</span></p></div></body></html>