A stepparent shall maintain his spouse's children born prior to their marriage and is responsible as a parent for their support and education suitable to his circumstances, but such responsibility shall not absolve the natural or adoptive parents of the children from any obligation of support.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-7-8
Stepparent's duty to support spouse's children
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Crouse v. Crouse (1996)
Most recently applied in Department of Social Services of South Dakota Ex Rel. Wright v. Byer (May 2004)
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0311; SL 1971, ch 164; SL 1980, ch 190.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.