HB1254

This bill eliminates "irreconcilable differences" as a ground for divorce in South Dakota and removes the legal procedures associated with it. Going forward, divorces can only be granted for specific reasons like adultery, cruelty, desertion, neglect, habitual drinking, or conviction of a felony—plus a new ground of being incarcerated due to a crime conviction. The change eliminates the current process where courts could dissolve marriages based simply on substantial reasons that make continuation unworkable.