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Title 15 - CIVIL PROCEDUREChapter 6 - RULES OF PROCEDURE IN CIRCUIT COURTS
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Section 15-6-12(e) - Motion for more definite statement

S.D. Codified Laws § 15-6-12(e)

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Section 15-6-12(e) - Motion for more definite statement

If a pleading to which a responsive pleading is permitted is so vague or ambiguous that a party cannot reasonably be required to frame a responsive pleading, the party may move for a more definite statement before interposing his responsive pleading. The motion shall point out the defects complained of and the details desired. If the motion is granted and the order of the court is not obeyed within ten days after notice of the order or within such other time as the court may fix, the court may strike the pleading to which the motion was directed or make such order as it deems just.

SDCL 15-6-12(e)

SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.1002; SD RCP, Rule 12 (e), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966; SL 2006, ch 286 (Supreme Court Rule 06-12), eff. July 1, 2006.