No person except:
- (1) the parent or parents of the child involved;
- (2) a relative within the fourth degree of such child, having lawful custody thereof;
- (3) the legal guardian of such child, duly authorized thereto by the court by which he was appointed; or
- (4) the Department or a child welfare agency enumerated in Section 4 of this act, if the care and custody of the child has been relinquished to the Department or the agency under the terms of this act or has been committed thereto by order of judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall place or offer to place a child for care in a foster home without securing the consent of the Department of Public Welfare or court.
Added by Laws 1957, SB 183, c. 2a, pg. 21, § 8.