{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-401","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 25-9C-401","heading":"Establishment of support order.","body":"(a) If a support order entitled to recognition pursuant to this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:\n(1) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or\n(2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.\n(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:\n(1) A presumed father of the child;\n(2) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;\n(3) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;\n(4) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;\n(5) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;\n(6) An acknowledged father as provided by applicable state law;\n(7) The mother of the child; or\n(8) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.\n(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to § 25-9C-305.","path":["TITLE 25. DOMESTIC RELATIONS","CHAPTER 25-9C. UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (2008)"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/25-9C-401","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"68c3532f26b5afcb20b1620f8b26ca5d6327929e9ad0888ee9e9ae1485843791","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-319","next":"us-sd/sdcl-25-9c-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}