2015 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 21 - JUDICIAL REMEDIES
Chapter 22 - Administration Of Trust Estates
§ 21-22-28 Petition to protect privacy--Sealing and availability of documents.
21-22-28. Petition to protect privacy--Sealing and availability of documents.
The privacy of those who have established a court trust or other trust shall be protected in any court proceeding concerning the trust if the acting fiduciary, the trustor (if living), or any beneficiary so petition the court. Upon the filing of such a petition, the instrument on which the trust is based, inventory, statement filed by any fiduciary, annual verified report of a fiduciary, final report of a fiduciary, and all petitions relevant to trust administration and all court orders thereon shall be sealed upon filing and may not be made a part of the public record of the proceeding, but are available to the court, to the trustor, to any fiduciary, to any beneficiary, to their attorneys, and to such other interested persons as the court may order upon a showing of the need.
Source: SL 1998, ch 282, § 30; SL 2002, ch 100, § 1; SL 2014, ch 226, § 16.
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