South Dakota Custody

WomensLaw.org does not have state-specific information about custody laws in South Dakota. For now, we have provided links to information we hope you find helpful. (WomensLaw.org has no relationship with these organizations and does not endorse their services. We provide these links for your information only.)

• The South Dakota Unified Judicial System website has a Legal Self-Help page where they have links to information about child support, custody and more. You can find forms and instructions for filing for parenting time including a booklet with parenting time guidelines and forms and information for filing for divorce.
• The South Dakota Legislature Legislative Research Council website lists the actual laws that deal with custody and visitation, which may be a helpful resource.

The questions in this section provide information about custody that is not specific to any state, including a section about how to try to transfer your custody case to a new state where you are living so that you can modify the custody order from your new state.