After a deploying parent returns from deployment until a temporary agreement or order for custodial responsibility established under Articles 2 or 3 is terminated, the court shall issue a temporary order granting the deploying parent reasonable contact with the child unless it is contrary to the best interest of the child, even if the time of contact exceeds the time the deploying parent spent with the child before deployment.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-4B-403
Visitation before termination of temporary grant of custodial responsibility
Known as the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act
The act spans §§ 25–25 (30 sections).
Source: SL 2014, ch 123, § 26.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.