Opinion ID: 901486
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Waiver of Personal Defenses

Text: [¶ 9.] Personal jurisdiction and insufficient service of process are defenses that may be waived. SDCL 15-6-12(h)(1) provides that the defenses are waived if they are not included in a motion under the circumstances provided in SDCL 15-6-12(g) or in a responsive pleading (in this case, the answer). [6] If the defenses are raised by motion, SDCL 15-6-12(g) requires that they be consolidated. [7] The effect of these statutes is that objections to personal jurisdiction and insufficiency of service of process are waived unless the objections are raised in the answer or by... motion before the filing of a responsive pleading. Photolab Corp. v. Simplex Specialty Co., 806 F.2d 807, 810 (8thCir.1986) (citation omitted). Stated in other words, [i]f [a defendant] wishes to raise any of these defenses, that must be done at the time the first significant defensive move is made  whether it be by way of a Rule 12 motion or a responsive pleading. 5C Charles A. Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure § 1391, at 515 (3d ed 2004).