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§ 25-7-16.1 Cash bond for nonsupport applied to child support arrearages.

SD Codified L § 25-7-16.1 (2019) (N/A)
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25-7-16.1. Cash bond for nonsupport applied to child support arrearages. Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 23A-43 to the contrary, any cash bond deposited with the court, whether or not personally posted by the defendant, to assure appearance of an individual charged with nonsupport of a child under § 25-7-15 or 25-7-16 or subject to civil proceedings to enforce child support obligations, may, at the discretion of the court, be ordered paid to the Department of Social Services or the support obligee and applied to child support arrearages either as a condition imposed by the court or as a result of the individual's failure to appear as required by the court.

Source: SL 2012, ch 144, § 1.

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