<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 26-7A-74 - Depositions--&quot;Respondent&quot; defined--&quot;Child&quot; defined. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050665Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050665SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050665CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050665Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050665DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050665000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050665SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050665SCL-000002 { 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="s2050665Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-7A-74"><span class="s2050665SENU">26-7A-74</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665SENU">. </span><span class="s2050665CL">Depositions--"Respondent" defined--"Child" defined.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050665Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">Sections </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-7A-75"><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">26-7A-75</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont"> to </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-7A-81"><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">26-7A-81</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">, inclusive, relate to depositions in proceedings during the adjudicatory and dispositional phases under this chapter and chapters </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8A"><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">26-8A</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">, </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8B"><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">26-8B</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">, and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=26-8C"><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">26-8C</span></a><span class="s2050665DefaultParagraphFont">. In these sections, the term "respondent" means the child's parents, guardian, or custodian or any other interested party other than Department of Social Services, court services, and the state, and the term "child" means the child who is the subject of the proceedings.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050665Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050665Normal"><span class="s2050665SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050665SCL-000002"> SL 1991, ch 217, § 70.</span></p></div></body></html>