Interstate placement of children is appropriate when:
- (1) The department or licensed child-placing agency retains jurisdiction over a child living with foster parents or relatives who are moving to another state;
- (2) A suitable adoptive home is not available for a child in the state in which the child has been living;
- (3) A child requires special treatment facilities which are not available in the child's resident state;
- (4) A child has familial ties to relatives living in a different state; or
- (5) A child has previously established relationships with a nonrelated family in another state.
Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981.
General Authority: SDCL 26-13-1 (Art. VII).
Law Implemented: SDCL 26-13-1 (Art. III).