Section 25-5-11 – Wages of minor payable to minor or conservator.
25-5-11. Wages of minor payable to minor or conservator. The wages of a minor employed in service may be paid to the minor or to the minor’s conservator. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0319; SL 1983, ch 206; SL 1993, ch 213, §113.
Section 25-5-12 – Relinquishment of child control and earnings–Abandonment by parent.
25-5-12. Relinquishment of child control and earnings–Abandonment by parent. The parent, whether solvent or insolvent, may relinquish to the child the right of controlling him and receiving his earnings. Abandonment by the parent is presumptive evidence of such relinquishment. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0319.
Section 25-5-13 – Residence of child–Right to change–Procedure.
25-5-13. Residence of child–Right to change–Procedure. A parent entitled to the custody of a child has the right to change the child’s residence, subject to the power of the circuit court to restrain a removal that would prejudice the rights or welfare of the child. A parent desiring to relocate a minor child shall follow […]
Section 25-5-14 – Parent and child not answerable for act of other.
25-5-14. Parent and child not answerable for act of other. Except as provided by §25-5-15, neither parent nor child is answerable as such, for the act of the other. Source: SDC 1939, §14.0309.
Section 25-5-15 – Parental liability for willful acts of child–Limitation of recovery–Motor vehicle cases excepted–Specific findings in disputed cases.
25-5-15. Parental liability for willful acts of child–Limitation of recovery–Motor vehicle cases excepted–Specific findings in disputed cases. Any person, firm, association, private or public corporation, including the State of South Dakota and its political subdivisions, suffering damages to real, personal, or mixed property, or personal injury, through any malicious and willful act of a minor […]
Section 25-5-7 – Parents equally entitled to custody and earnings of child born in wedlock.
25-5-7. Parents equally entitled to custody and earnings of child born in wedlock. Subject to the court’s right to award custody of the child to either parent, considering the best interest of the child as to its temporal, mental, and moral welfare the father and mother of any minor child born in wedlock are equally […]
Section 25-5-16 – Judicial cognizance of parental abuses–Freeing child from parental dominion.
25-5-16. Judicial cognizance of parental abuses–Freeing child from parental dominion. The abuse of parental authority is the subject of judicial cognizance in a civil action in the circuit court, brought by the child or by its relatives within the third degree, or by the officers of the poor where the child resides; and when the […]
Section 25-5-7.1 – Joint legal custody order–Factors for court’s consideration–Joint physical custody.
25-5-7.1. Joint legal custody order–Factors for court’s consideration–Joint physical custody. In any custody dispute between parents, the court may order joint legal custody so that both parents retain full parental rights and responsibilities with respect to their child and so that both parents must confer on, and participate in, major decisions affecting the welfare of […]
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.