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South Dakota has a statewide record search program. CRIMINAL cases are available, unless sealed, on the UJS system from 1989 to present. CIVIL cases, unless confidential or sealed, are available from 2003 to present.

Serving Your Spouse in South Dakota You can't serve your spouse yourself; you must have someone who's at least 18 years of age and not a party to the case do it. If your spouse will agree to accept service, you can hand deliver the documents or mail them.

South Dakota child custody laws don't prescribe a certain age when a child's preference may be considered. Judges have broad discretion when deciding how much weight to give the child's preference. In some South Dakota custody cases, judges have considered the well-reasoned preferences of children as young as 10.

In South Dakota, the standard parenting guidelines will set out the custody arrangement to be followed by the parents. You can object to the standard guidelines and the judge will order a hearing within thirty days.

A support order may be modified without showing any change in circumstances if the order was entered and in effect prior to July 1, 2022. An order entered and in effect after July 1, 2022 may be modified only: If it was entered three years or more from the date the petition is filed; or.

If an existing custody order or other enforceable agreement does not expressly govern the relocation of the principal residence of a child, a parent who intends to change his or her principal residence shall, provide reasonable written notice by certified mail or admission of service to the other legal parent of the ...