South Dakota Statutes

§ 25-4-60 — Confidentiality of mediation communications and mediator's work product.

South Dakota § 25-4-60
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 25DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Ch. 25-3DIVORCE AND SEPARATE MAINTENANCE

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S.D. Codified Laws § 25-4-60 (2026).

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Any communication, oral or written, in a mediation proceeding pursuant to § 25-4-56 is confidential and inadmissible as evidence in any proceeding. A mediator appointed pursuant to § 25-4-56 may not be a witness, and the notes and work product of the mediator are not subject to discovery or subpoena in the proceeding in which the contested child custody or visitation is at issue.

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Legislative History

SL 1996, ch 163, § 4.

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