South Dakota Codified Laws 25-4A-20. Presumption that granting custody or visitation rights to person causing conception by rape or incest not in best interest of child
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There shall be a rebuttable presumption that it is not in the best interest of the child for the court to place the child in the custody of or to grant visitation rights to a person that the court has found by a standard of clear and convincing evidence to have committed an act of rape or incest against the other parent that resulted in the conception of the child. The court may revoke visitation rights upon such a finding.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 25-4A-20
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
Source: SL 2006, ch 139, § 2; SL 2019, ch 121, § 1.