<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; text-indent: 0.00in; text-align: justify; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; } span.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58000003 { color: black; background: white; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:37"><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000000">67:12:01:37</span></a><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000001">.  Absence of parent in unstable family situation.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0"> </span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">Notwithstanding</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0"> § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:29"><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">67:12:01:29</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">, in unstable family situations where the absent parent is in and out of the home intermittently and does not function as the provider of maintenance or fails to provide physical care and guidance for the child on a relatively permanent and continuing basis, the child involved is considered </span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">deprived of parental support or care within the meaning of the Aid to Families With Dependent Children program</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">    </span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0"> SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; 4 SDR 60, effective March 26, 1978; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 8 SDR 58, effective November 29, 1981</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">    </span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">28-</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">    </span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">28-</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">6</span><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0-000002">-1</span></a><span class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s35c89235-d121-4f60-a497-8ec34e381d58000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>