2021 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 06 - Adoption Of Children
Section 25-6-23 - Medical and social history form filed in adoption of abused or neglected child--Availability to adoptive parents and adoptee--Failure to comply.
25-6-23. Medical and social history form filed in adoption of abused or neglected child--Availability to adoptive parents and adoptee--Failure to comply.
When a child is adjudicated to be abused or neglected and a court enters a decree terminating parental rights, the parent shall complete a medical and social history form which shall be supplied by the Department of Social Services. When completed such form shall be filed with the court of the state where the adoption proceedings shall take place. A copy of the medical history portion of the completed form shall be made available to the adoptive parent prior to finalization of the adoption and to the adoptee upon reaching the age of eighteen years upon written request and proper proof of identification. No involuntary termination of parental rights heretofore or hereafter entered by any circuit court is void or inoperative due to failure to comply with this section.
Source: SL 1994, ch 196, ยง3.
