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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 25 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 08. Paternity Proceedings
§25-8-57 Rebuttable presumption of legitimacy.


SD Codified L § 25-8-57 (through 2011) What's This?

25-8-57. Rebuttable presumption of legitimacy. Any child born in wedlock, or born within ten months after dissolution of the marriage, is presumed legitimate to that marriage even if the marriage is subsequently declared to be null and void, or subsequently dissolved by divorce. This rebuttable presumption of legitimacy can only be disputed by the husband or wife, or a descendant of one or both of them.

Source: SL 1994, ch 204, § 9.

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