Minors are natural male persons and natural female persons under eighteen years of age. The periods thus specified must be calculated from the first minute of the day on which persons are born, to the same minute of the corresponding day completing the period of minority.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-1-1
Age of minority--Calculation of age
Applied in 13 court decisions — leading case Alley v. Siepman (1974)
Most recently applied in Department of Social Services of South Dakota Ex Rel. Wright v. Byer (May 2004)
Source: SDC 1939, § 43.0101; SL 1972, ch 154, § 1.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.