South Dakota's Laws on Living Expenses

South Dakota

Charges approved by the court

Birth Parent Expenses Not Allowed Not addressed in statutes reviewed

1. • Only a licensed agency or the Department of Social Services may place a child for adoption.
2. • It is unlawful to offer or receive payment in connection with placing a child or consenting to an adoptive placement.

1. • It is unlawful to offer or receive payment in connection with placing a child or consenting to an adoptive placement.
2. • It is unlawful to compel or force by any means a person to place, sell, or relinquish any minor child.

Charges approved by the court

The Adoption Code does not require an accounting, but judges may, at their discretion, ask for one.

Schedule of Hearings
Citation: §§ 40-11-12.1; 40-11-12.2
A permanency hearing shall be held:

• Within 12 months of the child's placement in care; at least every 12 months thereafter
• Within 30 days after a finding that reasonable efforts to reunify are not required

• All parties
• The foster parents
• Any preadoptive parent or relative providing care for the child

• The appropriateness of the service plan
• What services have been offered
• Any further efforts that will promote the best interests of the child

• Return to the parent
• Adoption
• Legal guardianship
• Placement with a fit and willing relative
• Another planned permanent living arrangement

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