Before issuing an order pursuant to § 29A-5-424, the court shall consider imposing the following restrictions in the order listed:

(1) Placing reasonable time, manner, or place restrictions on communication, visitation, or interaction between the protected person and the other person based on the history between the protected person and the other person or the protected person’s wishes, or both;

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 29A-5-425

  • person: refers to either an "interested person" a "person alleged to need protection" or a "protected person" as the context requires, and does not refer to a "person" as defined in §. See South Dakota Codified Laws 29A-5-102

(2) Requiring that communication, visitation, or interaction between the protected person and the other person be supervised; or

(3) Denying communication, visitation, or interaction between the protected person and the other person.

If the court finds that the other person poses a threat to the protected person, the court may order supervised communication, visitation, or interaction pursuant to subdivision (2) before denying any communication, visitation, or interaction.

Source: SL 2016, ch 150, § 5.