South Dakota § 26-6-6.1 - Continuing foster care to age twenty-one.
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§ 26-6-6.1. Continuing foster care to age twenty-one.
Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 26-1-1 and 26-7A-101, any child welfare agency, including the Department of Social Services, may continue to provide foster care for a person over the age of majority but less than twenty-one years of age if the person was in foster care immediately prior to reaching the age of majority and has not yet completed the twelfth grade of school or is in a continuing course of remedial treatment and if the person consents in writing to continued foster care.
Source: SL 1973, ch 167; SL 1991, ch 217, § 171.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 26-6-6.1 ("Continuing foster care to age twenty-one.") is part of the South Dakota Codified Laws, the codified statutory law of South Dakota. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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