South Dakota Codified Laws 21-44-22. Validation of prior proceedings where notice or allegations were insufficient
In all instances where an order terminating a life estate of any person in and to any real property has been made by the circuit court as provided by this chapter, any and all such orders for hearing and all orders and decrees made and entered in any such proceedings in the circuit court aforesaid, where the hearing has been had at the time and place as specified in the order for hearing, notwithstanding the fact that less than three weeks intervened between the date of the first publication of notice and the date of hearing, and notwithstanding any failure in any or either of said proceedings to state the date of the death of the life tenant are hereby legalized and validated.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 21-44-22
- Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Source: SL 1953, ch 495; SL 1957, ch 502; SDC Supp 1960, § 65.0334.