Section 25-9B-201 - Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident.
25-9B-201. Basis for jurisdiction over nonresident. In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:
(1) The individual is personally served with notice within this state; or
(2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction; or
(3) The individual resided with the child in this state; or
(4) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child; or
(5) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual; or
(6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state, which act creates a cause of action for the determination of paternity of a child who may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or
(7) The individual asserted parentage in the child support case registry maintained in this state by the Department of Social Services; or
(8) The individual fails to support a minor child residing in South Dakota; or
(9) There is any other basis consistent with the provisions of § 15-7-2 or the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
Source: SL 1994, ch 206, § 201; SL 1998, ch 157, § 13.