Section 26-6-8 - License required to place child for adoption--Relatives and guardian excepted. - South Dakota Statutes

26-6-8. License required to place child for adoption--Relatives and guardian excepted. No person other than the parents, guardian, or relatives within the second degree, and no firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or organization other than a licensed child welfare agency, or the Department of Social Services, may place any child in the control and care of any person or place such child for adoption.

Source: SL 1939, ch 168, § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.3712; SL 1994, ch 351, § 47.