The custodian may recover support for a period of three years before the date of application with any Title IV-D agency, the date of filing with a court of competent jurisdiction, or the date of a written demand served personally or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, upon the noncustodial parent at the noncustodial parent's last known address, whichever occurs earlier.
S.D. Codified Laws § 25-8-5
Custodian's recovery of support from noncustodian--Period support recoverable
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case In Re the Support Obligation of Loomis (1998)
Most recently applied in State Ex Rel. White v. Brandt (April 2008)
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.2102; SL 1984, ch 190, § 5; SL 2005, ch 134, § 13; SL 2013, ch 119, § 14.
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