Section 25-5-18.1 – Parental duty to support child.
25-5-18.1. Parental duty to support child. The parents of any child are under a legal duty to support their child in accordance with the provisions of §25-7-6.1, until the child attains the age of eighteen, or until the child attains the age of nineteen if the child is a full-time student in a secondary school. […]
Section 25-5-7.2 – Residential parent to make routine decisions concerning child.
25-5-7.2. Residential parent to make routine decisions concerning child. During the time a child, over whom the court has ordered joint legal custody to both parents, resides with either parent, that parent shall decide all routine matters concerning the child. Source: SL 1989, ch 217, §2.
Section 25-5-18.2 – Parental duty to support certain grandchildren.
25-5-18.2. Parental duty to support certain grandchildren. The parents of a minor mother or minor father may be required to contribute to the support of their grandchild according to their financial means until they are no longer legally responsible to support the minor mother or minor father in accordance with §25-5-18.1. Source: SL 1995, ch […]
Section 25-5-7.3 – Parents to have equal access to records pertaining to child–Name and address of both parents to be listed.
25-5-7.3. Parents to have equal access to records pertaining to child–Name and address of both parents to be listed. Access to records and information pertaining to a minor child, including, but not limited to, medical, dental, orthodontia, optometric and similar health care, and school records shall be made equally available to both parents. Counseling, psychiatric, […]
Section 25-5-19 – Emancipation by express agreement–Approval of circuit court.
25-5-19. Emancipation by express agreement–Approval of circuit court. Emancipation is express when it is by agreement of both parents if living, and if not, the surviving parent and the child. Any such express agreement of emancipation shall be presented to the circuit court of the county in which the child resides for approval. The court […]
Section 25-5-7.4 – Written applications to enroll child in activity or program to provide name and address of other parent.
25-5-7.4. Written applications to enroll child in activity or program to provide name and address of other parent. If either parent enrolls the child in any social, beneficent, religious, or peer group activity, service, benefit, or program for which written application is required, the enrolling parent shall provide the name and address of the other […]
Section 25-5-7.5 – Access to records and application requirements not applicable to certain parents.
25-5-7.5. Access to records and application requirements not applicable to certain parents. The provisions of §§25-5-7.3 and 25-5-7.4 do not apply in any case in which a court has: (1)Terminated the rights of either parent; or (2)Restrained either parent, by court order, from contact with the child. Moreover, a court of competent jurisdiction may determine […]
Section 25-5-7.6 – Parent sharing custody to foster other parent’s relationship with child.
25-5-7.6. Parent sharing custody to foster other parent’s relationship with child. Each parent sharing joint legal custody of their child shall foster the other parent’s relationship with the child. Source: SL 2011, ch 131, §2.
Section 25-5-8 – Father’s rights not superior to mother’s while separated.
25-5-8. Father’s rights not superior to mother’s while separated. The husband and father, as such, has no rights superior to those of the wife and mother in regard to the care, custody, education, and control of the children of the marriage, while such husband and wife live separate and apart from each other. Source: SDC […]
Section 25-5-9 – Habeas corpus to award child custody when parents separated without divorce–Rules of law governing.
25-5-9. Habeas corpus to award child custody when parents separated without divorce–Rules of law governing. When husband and wife live separate and apart from each other without being divorced, the circuit court or judge thereof, upon application of either, may grant a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the custody of any minor unmarried […]