SDCL § 25-5-31: No right created on behalf of stepparent.
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 25. DOMESTIC RELATIONS
- CHAPTER 25-5. PARENT AND CHILD
Nothing in § 25-5-29 creates any right on behalf of a stepparent to seek custody or visitation with a stepchild who has lived with that stepparent merely because the stepparent was married to or living with the child's parent.
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