Each child welfare agency shall keep and provide records regarding each child in its control and care to the Department of Social Services as the department may require. All records regarding children and all facts learned about children and their parents or relatives are confidential.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-6-20
Records on children in care of agencies--Information confidential
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Goetz v. State (2001)
Most recently applied in Doe v. Nelson (May 2004)
Source: SDC 1939, § 43.0319; SL 1939, ch 168, § 4; SDC Supp 1960, § 57.3709; SL 2014, ch 129, § 1.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.