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The "waiting period" refers to the time between the start of the divorce proceedings and the court decree granting the final divorce. The waiting period in a South Dakota divorce is a minimum sixty (60) days after your spouse is served with the divorce papers.

Serving Your Spouse in South Dakota You can't serve your spouse yourself; you must have someone who's at least 18 years of age and not a party to the case do it. If your spouse will agree to accept service, you can hand deliver the documents or mail them.

A party in the case can never serve legal papers, like a Summons and Complaint, a Notice of Petition and Petition, or a Motion, unless a Judge says it is o.k. A process server can be paid to serve the papers. Process servers are listed in the Yellow Pages or on the internet.

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In South Dakota, the standard parenting guidelines will set out the custody arrangement to be followed by the parents. You can object to the standard guidelines and the judge will order a hearing within thirty days.

Under South Dakota law a divorce may be granted for any of these grounds: adultery, extreme cruelty (including bodily injury or grievous mental suffering), willful desertion, willful neglect, habitual intemperance, conviction of a felony, chronic mental illness or irreconcilable differences.