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PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota laws don’t provide one parent the power to terminate the child-custody rights of the other parent if the other parent hasn’t waived them and the proceeding isn’t an adoption, according to the South Dakota Supreme Court. Justice Patricia DeVaney authored the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion that was publicly released […] ....
S.D. House Speaker says people have spoken on medicinal marijuana, requests an additional year to set up program South Dakota legislative leaders are requesting an additional year to implement voters approval of a medicinal marijuana program. The measure, hog-housed in an amendment that appeared on Wednesday, emerges days after a circuit court judge overturned a constitutional amendment approving recreational marijuana. Written By: Christopher Vondracek | × PIERRE, S.D. South Dakota s statehouse champions itself as an efficient handler of the people s business except, perhaps, where marijuana is concerned. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, House Speaker Spencer Gosch sat at a committee table, calling for a one-year extension on voters demand to legalize medical marijuana. He said the state government needs more time. ....
South Dakota judge strikes down voter-approved marijuana legalization amendment Voters approved the constitutional amendment in November, with recreational marijuana set to become legal in July. Legalization advocates plan to appeal. Author: A judge in South Dakota struck down a voter-approved Constitutional amendment that would have legalized recreational marijuana in the state. Hughes County Circuit Court Judge Christina Klinger ruled Monday that Constitutional Amendment A violates the state s single-subject requirement and said it would have far-reaching effects on the basic nature of the state s governmental system, according to the ruling posted online by the Argus Leader. “The failure to submit Amendment A through the proper constitutional process, voids the amendment and it has no effect,” the judge wrote, arguing the amendment doesn t modify the constitution it adds a new section to it, so it needed to be submitted to voters via the constitutio ....