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2013 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 05 - Parent And Child
§ 25-5-31 No right created on behalf of stepparent.


SD Codified L § 25-5-31 (2013) What's This?

25-5-31. No right created on behalf of stepparent. Nothing in § 25-5-29 creates any right on behalf of a stepparent to seek custody or visitation with a stepchild who has lived with that stepparent merely because the stepparent was married to or living with the child's parent.

Source: SL 2002, ch 126, § 3.

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