South Dakota Divorce and Family Law
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Learn about divorce and family law in South Dakota. Questions about child custody, division of property, or the divorce process? Find useful information here.
Divorce in South Dakota
Looking for South Dakota‘s rules on marriage, divorce, child custody, and child support? Want to find South Dakota‘s state court forms and instructions and local court websites? Here’s where to start.
Alimony, spousal support, and maintenance are all words for the same thing: one spouse paying support to the other after a divorce.
If you're going through a divorce, you have to make decisions about how to divide the property and the debts
In South Dakota, a court will divide marital property during a divorce based on a system called equitable distribution.