Any agency or institution maintained by a municipality or county, or any agency or institution maintained by a person, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or organization to receive children for care and maintenance or for placement in a family home, or that provides care for mothers and their children, is considered to be a child welfare agency. The Department of Social Services is a child welfare agency.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-6-1
Agencies and institutions defined as child welfare agencies--Department of Social Services
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Matter of the Adoption of A.A.B. & B.A.B. (2016)
Most recently applied in Matter of the Adoption of A.A.B. & B.A.B. (March 2016)
Source: SL 1939, ch 168, § 1; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.3706; SL 1965, ch 248, § 1; SL 1985, ch 211, § 1; SL 1994, ch 351, § 46.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.