Application for or receipt of assistance under this chapter or of foster care maintenance payments under the Title IV-E state plan shall operate as an assignment by operation of law of all support rights from any person, which such applicant or recipient may have on the applicant's or recipient's own behalf or on behalf of any other family member for whom the recipient is receiving assistance or Title IV-E foster care maintenance payments, including any support payments accrued and unpaid at the time of the assignment.
S.D. Codified Laws § 28-7A-7
Assignment of support rights
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Faulk v. Faulk (2002)
Most recently applied in Faulk v. Faulk (May 2002)
Source: SL 1997, ch 166, § 8.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.