Except as provided in § 25-7-6.26, it is presumed for the purposes of determination of child support that a parent is capable of being employed a minimum of one thousand eight hundred twenty hours per year, and the parent’s child support obligation must be calculated at a rate not less than one thousand eight hundred twenty hours at the state minimum wage.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 25-7-6.4

  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

Source: SL 1989, ch 220, § 4; SL 2009, ch 130, § 3; SL 2017, ch 111, § 2; SL 2022, ch 81, § 1.