SDCL § 25-7-4: Failure to support spouse as felony.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 25. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
- CHAPTER 25-7. SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS
Every person with sufficient ability to provide for his or her spouse's support, or who is able to earn the means of the spouse's support, who intentionally abandons and leaves his or her spouse in a destitute condition, or who refuses or neglects to provide such spouse with necessary food, clothing, shelter, or medical attendance, unless, by the spouse's misconduct, he or she is justified in abandoning the spouse or failing to so provide is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
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