South Dakota Statutes

§ 21-5-5 — Relatives for whose benefit action brought--Personal representative to bring action.

South Dakota·Title 21 JUDICIAL REMEDIES·Ch. 21-5 WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS
Every action for wrongful death shall be for the exclusive benefit of the wife or husband and children, or if there be neither of them, then of the parents and next of kin of the person whose death shall be so caused; and it shall be brought in the name of the personal representative of the deceased person.

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Legislative History

SL 1909, ch 301, § 3; RC 1919, § 2931; SDC 1939, § 37.2203; SL 1947, ch 173; SL 1951, ch 193; SL 1957, ch 194; SL 1963, ch 235; SL 1967, ch 149; SL 1995, ch 167, § 188.

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