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2019 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 04B - Uniform Deployed Parents Custody And Visitation Act
§ 25-4B-107 General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 25-4B-107 (2019)
25-4B-107. General consideration in custody proceeding of parent's military service. In a proceeding for custodial responsibility of a child of a servicemember, a court may not consider a parent's past deployment or possible future deployment in itself in determining the best interest of the child. However, if upon return from the deployment either the servicemember or child exhibits a substantial and material change in circumstances that adversely affects the servicemember's ability to adequately care for the child, the best interests of the child shall be determinative.
Source: SL 2014, ch 123, ยง 7.
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