Proceedings not to be abated for failure to prosecute or settlement.

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16-19-46. Proceedings not to be abated for failure to prosecute or settlement.

Failure of a complainant to sign a complaint or to prosecute a charge, or the settlement or compromise between the complainant and the attorney, shall not justify abatement of the processing of any complaint.

Source: Sup. Ct. Disc. Rules Aug. 28, 1974, §2; SDCL Supp, 16-19 Appx.; Supreme Court Rule 78-1, Rule VII; SL 2016, ch 246 (Supreme Court Rule 16-32), eff. July 1, 2016; SL 2018, ch 298 (Supreme Court Rule 18-07), eff. July 1, 2018.


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