There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 25 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 04A. Custody And Visitation Rights
§25-4A-4 Affirmative defense by contemnor.
SD Codified L § 25-4A-4 (through 2011) What's This?
25-4A-4. Affirmative defense by contemnor. An alleged contemnor may plead and prove that the movant voluntarily relinquished the actual care, control, and possession of the child for time encompassed by the court-ordered periods of possession. Such a relinquishment is an affirmative defense in whole or part to the order to show cause.
Source: SL 1994, ch 195, § 4.
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