# S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-103: Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse

> South Dakota · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-103

## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-103
- **Heading:** Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 29A / Chapter 2 / Section 29A-2-103

## Text

Any part of the intestate estate not passing to the decedent's surviving spouse under § 29A-2-102 , or the entire intestate estate if there is no surviving spouse, passes in the following order to the individuals designated below who survive the decedent:

(1) To the decedent's descendants by representation;

(2) If there is no surviving descendant, to the decedent's parents equally if both survive, or to the surviving parent;

(3) If there is no surviving descendant or parent, to the descendants of the decedent's parents or either of them by representation;

(4) If there is no surviving descendant, parent, or descendant of a parent, but the decedent is survived by one or more grandparents or descendants of grandparents, half of the estate passes to the decedent's paternal grandparents equally if both survive, or to the surviving paternal grandparent, or by representation to the descendants of the decedent's paternal grandparents or either of them if both are deceased; and the other half passes to the decedent's maternal relatives in the same manner; but if there is no surviving grandparent or descendant of a grandparent on either the paternal or the maternal side, the entire estate passes to the decedent's relatives on the other side in the same manner as the half.

Source: SL 1995, ch 167, § 2-103.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-101 Intestate estate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-101.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-102 Share of the spouse](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-102.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-103 Shares of heirs other than surviving spouse](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-103.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-104 Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-104.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-105 No taker](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-105.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-106 Representation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-106.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-107 Kindred of half blood](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-107.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-108 Afterborn heirs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-108.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-109 Advancements](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-109.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-110 Debts to decedent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-110.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-111 Alienage](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-111.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-112 Dower and curtesy abolished](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-112.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-113 Individual related to decedent through two lines](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-113.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 29A-2-114 Parent and child relationships](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T29A_C2_S29A-2-114.md)

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