Section 19-13-15 - (Rule 504(d)) Exceptions to interspousal privilege.
19-13-15. (Rule 504(d)) Exceptions to interspousal privilege. There is no privilege under § 19-13-13 in a proceeding in which one spouse is charged with a crime against the person or property of:
(1) The other;
(2) A child of either;
(3) A person residing in the household of either; or
(4) A third person committed in the course of committing a crime against any of them.
Source: CCivP 1877, § 446, subdiv 1; SL 1879, ch 17, § 1; CL 1887, § 5260, subdiv 1; SL 1901, ch 105; RCCivP 1903, § 486, subdiv 1; SL 1911, ch 249; SL 1913, ch 371; RC 1919, § 2717 (1); SL 1921, ch 412; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 36.0101 (1); SL 1967, ch 148; SDCL, § 19-2-1; Supreme Court Rule 78-2, Rule 504 (d).