§ 26-10-1.  Abuse of or cruelty to minor as felony -- Defense to charge.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-10-1

Any person who abuses, exposes, tortures, torments, or cruelly punishes a minor in a manner which does not constitute aggravated assault, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. If the victim is less than seven years of age, the person is guilty of a Class 3 felony. The use of reasonable force, as...

§ 26-7A-36.1.  Victim may attend proceedings

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-36.1

Notwithstanding the provisions of § 26-7A-36, the victim of any act of juvenile delinquency may attend all hearings involving the juvenile. The term, victim, means a person who is defined as a victim in § 22-1-2 (53) or in § 23A-28C-4, or, if the victim is a child, the victims parents,...

§ 26-7A-36.  Hearings closed except where juvenile summoned for offense which if committed by adult would constitute crime of violence.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-36

All hearings in actions under this chapter and chapter 26-8A, 26-8B, or 26-8C are closed unless the court finds compelling reasons to require otherwise. However, all pleadings and hearings shall be open and a matter of public record if a juvenile is summoned into court for an offense which...

§ 26-7A-2.  Jurisdiction

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-2

The circuit court has original jurisdiction in all proceedings under this chapter and chapters 26-8A, 26-8B and 26-8C. If a child custody award has been made in a circuit court in a divorce action or other proceeding and the jurisdiction of the divorce court is continuing, a circuit court may...

§ 26-7A-1.  Definitions

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-1

Terms used in this chapter and in chapters 26-8A, 26-8B, and 26-8C mean: (1) "Abused or neglected child," a child as defined in § 26-8A-2 (2) "Adjudicatory hearing," a hearing to determine whether the allegations of a petition alleging that a child is abused or neglected are...

§ 26-6-23.1.  License or registration refused or revoked for child abuse or violence.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-6-23.1

The department may revoke or refuse to issue or renew the license or registration certificate of any child welfare agency if the owner or operator of the agency, a staff member, a member of the facility owners family residing at the facility or any other resident of the facility has been found...

§ 26-6-14.13.  Foreign information to remain confidential.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-6-14.13

Information obtained from another states child abuse and neglect central registry or from the national crime information databases for the purpose of conducting a background check for approval of a foster or adoptive placement may be used for purposes related to conducting the background check...

§ 26-5B-308.  Expedited enforcement of child-custody determination.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-5B-308

(a) A petition under this article must be verified. Certified copies of all orders sought to be enforced and of any order confirming registration must be attached to the petition. A copy of a certified copy of an order may be attached instead of the original. (b) A petition for...

§ 26-5B-209.  Information to be submitted to court.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-5B-209

(a) In a child-custody proceeding, each party, in its first pleading or in an attached affidavit, shall give information, if reasonably ascertainable, under oath as to the childs present address or whereabouts, the places where the child has lived during the last five years, and the names and...

§ 26-5B-207.  Inconvenient forum.

Statutes | S.D. Codified Laws § 26-5B-207

(a) A court of this state which has jurisdiction under this chapter to make a child-custody determination may decline to exercise its jurisdiction at any time if it determines that it is an inconvenient forum under the circumstances and that a court of another state is a more appropriate forum....