Section 25-4-18 - Chronic mental illness as discretionary ground

25-4-18. Chronic mental illness as discretionary ground.In case of incurable, chronic mania or dementia of either spouse having existed for five years or more, while under confinement by order of a court of record or of the Board of Mental Illness as provided by law, the court may in its discretion grant a divorce. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0703 (7).