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Why Some Parents Don't Agree To Equal Or Shared Parenting
Please email all of our legislators in South Dakota at this link http://legis.sd.gov/Contact/Legislato...Please ask them to reform family law in South Dakota and to support an equal parenting standard.
Free Legal Aid provides useful information about child custody. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.
Spouses often reach an agreement regarding child custody on their own, but if they do not, a South Dakota court will intervene and establish custody arrangements based on the best interests of the child. In South Dakota, the court commonly grants the non-custodial parent rights of visitation that are in accordance with the standard guidelines for visitation established by the South Dakota Supreme Court. check to learn more.
Child Support and Visitation in South Dakota
In South Dakota, the courts follow South Dakota Domestic Relations Law, Title 25, Chapter 25-7-6.2 as a basic layout of the rules for determining the amount of support that is to be paid. South Dakota uses the Income Shares method to determine child support, which means that the level of support is determined by the income of both parents. check to learn more.