Sections 64:01:01:05 to 64:01:01:17, inclusive, are remedial; their purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and they are to be liberally construed and administered.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 13 SDR 129, 13 SDR 134, effective July 1, 1987; 21 SDR 219, effective July 1, 1995.

General Authority: SDCL 10-59-38.

Law Implemented: SDCL 10-1-13.