Hearings shall be informal in nature and the best interest of the child shall be considered paramount.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-5A-15
Hearings informal--Best interest of child
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Matter of Adoption of Everett (1979)
Most recently applied in Matter of MAC (February 1994)
Source: SL 1971, ch 165, § 6 (5).
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.