"Childhood sexual abuse" defined
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Stratmeyer v. Stratmeyer (1997)
Most recently applied in Eagleman v. Diocese of Rapid City (April 2015)
Source: SL 1991, ch 219, § 5.
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.
"Childhood sexual abuse" defined.
As used in §§ 26-10-25 to 26-10-29, inclusive, childhood sexual abuse is any act committed by the defendant against the complainant who was less than eighteen years of age at the time of the act and which act would have been a violation of chapter 22-22 or prior laws of similar effect at the time the act was committed which act would have constituted a felony.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.