2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 05 - Parent And Child
Section 25-5-10 - Custody and earnings of children born out of wedlock.

25-5-10. Custody and earnings of children born out of wedlock.

The mother of an unmarried minor born out of wedlock is entitled to its custody, services, and earnings subject to the court's right to award custody of the child to either parent, considering the best interests of the child as to its temporal, mental, and moral welfare.

Source: SDC 1939, §14.0304; SL 1982, ch 192; SL 1991, ch 210, §7.

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