Section 25-7-5 - Duty to support spouse.
25-7-5. Duty to support spouse. A person shall support his or her spouse, when the spouse has not deserted him or her, out of his or her separate property, when the spouse has no separate property and the spouse is unable from infirmity to support himself or herself.
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0209; SL 1984, ch 12, § 50.