Section 26-17-1 - Agreement for parent locator service. - South Dakota Statutes

26-17-1. Agreement for parent locator service. The Department of Social Services shall enter into an agreement with the secretary of health and human services as authorized by the Parental Kidnapping Act of 1980, 94 Stat. 3572, 42 U.S.C. 663, as amended, under which the services of the parent locator service established pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, 49 Stat. 620 (1935), 42 U.S.C. 301, as amended, shall be made available to this state for the purpose of determining the whereabouts of any absent parent or child in order to enforce any law with respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child, or to make or enforce any child custody determination.

Source: SL 1985, ch 217, § 5; SDCL, § 22-19-13; SL 2005, ch 120, §§ 121, 125.