The court may require an apparent, alleged, or adjudicated abused or neglected child, child in need of supervision, or delinquent child under jurisdiction of the court to be examined by a physician or qualified mental health professional. The court may place the child in a hospital or other suitable facility for that purpose and direct that an examination or evaluation report be submitted to the court. The court may consider the report at any adjudicatory or dispositional hearing.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-7A-41
Physical and mental health examination--Placement in suitable facility--Report
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Interest of Y.C. (1997)
Most recently applied in Interest of Y.C. (November 1997)
Source: SDC 1939, § 43.0327 as added by SL 1968, ch 164, § 16; SL 1991, ch 217, § 50B; SDCL, § 26-8-22.12.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.