Assistance granted under this chapter is not transferable or assignable at law or in equity. No money paid or assistance granted under this chapter is subject to execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, or other legal process, except as may be expressly authorized by law for purposes of recovery or recoupment by the department, or to the operation of any bankruptcy or insolvency law.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 28-7A-18

  • Assistance: includes money, services, goods, or other types of temporary assistance made with respect to any child or with respect to the parents of any child for whom federal funds are available to the state under this chapter. See South Dakota Codified Laws 28-7A-2
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor

Source: SL 1997, ch 166, § 19.

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