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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 26 MINORS
Chapter 04. Child Welfare Services
§26-4-9 Enforcement of laws for protection of children.
SD Codified L § 26-4-9 (through 2011) What's This?
26-4-9. Enforcement of laws for protection of children. The Department of Social Services shall assist in the enforcement of all laws relating to the welfare of children, including child labor laws, laws relating to cruelty, contributory delinquency and dependency, nonsupport, desertion, sex offenses against children, compulsory education, and all other laws designed to protect and assist the child and shall take the initiative in securing the enforcement of laws for the protection of children where no adequate provision is made for such enforcement.
Source: SDC 1939, § 55.3702 (5).
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