An alleged or adjudicated delinquent child may not be held in temporary custody for more than ninety days beginning with the date the child is first taken into custody unless at the ninetieth day the child is in the process of receiving treatment or care which has a specified duration. In that case, the temporary custody may be extended to the end of the treatment or care.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-8C-9
Limit of temporary custody
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Interest of Y.C. (1997)
Most recently applied in Interest of Y.C. (November 1997)
Source: SL 1991, ch 217, § 159C.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.