<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 15-26A-75 - Time for serving and filing briefs.</title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2081212Normal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2081212SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081212CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2081212Normal-000000 { margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; background: #FFFFFF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2081212DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081212000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2081212SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal"><span class="s2081212SENU">15-26A-75.</span><span class="s2081212CL">Time for serving and filing briefs.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> (1) </span><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont">Appellant's brief.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> If a transcript is obtained prior to appeal, or if no transcript is ordered, the appellant's brief shall be due within forty-five days after service of the notice of appeal. If a transcript is ordered but not received prior to appeal, or if procedures pursuant to § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-54"><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">15-26A-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-55"><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">15-26A-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> are followed, the appellant's brief shall be due within forty-five days after service of the transcript or filing of the statements provided for in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-54"><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">15-26A-54</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> or </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-55"><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">15-26A-55</span></a><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">(2) </span><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont">Appellee's brief.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> The appellee's brief shall be due for service and filing within forty-five days after service of the appellant's brief, or in the case of multiple appellants, within forty-five days after service of the last appellant's brief.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">(3) </span><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont">Appellant's reply brief.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001"> The appellant's reply brief shall be due for service and filing within thirty days after service of the appellee's brief, or in the case of multiple appellees, within thirty days after service of the last appellee's brief.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal-000000"><span class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont-000001">In any appeal from a judgment or order in an adoption or an abuse and neglect proceeding, including a judgment or order terminating parental rights, all time periods under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section shall be reduced to twenty-five days, and the time period under subdivision (3) shall be reduced to fifteen days.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2081212Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212DefaultParagraphFont">Source: </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212SCL">Supreme Court Rule 79-1, Rule 14 (1); SDCL Supp, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=15-26A-55"><span class="s2081212SCL">15-26A-55</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2081212SCL">; Supreme Court Rule 80-3; Supreme Court Rule 80-8; SL 1990, ch 424 (Supreme Court Rule 89-6); Supreme Court Rule 97-11; SL 2007, ch 307 (Supreme Court Rule 06-75), eff. Jan. 1, 2007; SL 2020, ch 247 (Supreme Court Rule </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=19-17"><span class="s2081212SCL">19-17</span></a><span class="s2081212SCL">), eff. Sept. 6, 2019.</span></p></div></body></html>