South Dakota Statutes
§ 25-5-7 — Parents equally entitled to custody and earnings of child born in wedlock.
South Dakota § 25-5-7
This text of South Dakota § 25-5-7 (Parents equally entitled to custody and earnings of child born in wedlock.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-5-7 (2026).
Text
Subject to the court's right to award custody of the child to either parent, considering the best interest of the child as to its temporal, mental, and moral welfare the father and mother of any minor child born in wedlock are equally entitled to the child's custody, service, and earnings.
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Related
Fuerstenberg v. Fuerstenberg
1999 SD 35 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1999)
Mayer v. Mayer
397 N.W.2d 638 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1986)
Barger v. Cox
372 N.W.2d 161 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1985)
Adam v. Adam
254 N.W.2d 123 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1977)
Langerman v. Langerman
321 N.W.2d 532 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 1982)
Legislative History
SDC 1939, § 14.0303; SL 1991, ch 210, § 6; SL 2008, ch 131, § 1.
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