<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.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0 { 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.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000000 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000001 { color: black; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002 { color: #0000FF; background: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003 { 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="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:66.02"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000000">67:12:01:66.02</span></a><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000001">.  Applicant or recipient to establish good cause.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> For the purposes of § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:66.01"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">67:12:01:66.01</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">, the applicant or recipient may establish good cause when evidence of one or more of the following situations is presented to the department and the department decides that it would not be in the best interest of the child or caretaker relative to require compliance with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:66"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">67:12:01:66</span></a><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    (1)  The child for whom support is sought was conceived as a result of incest or forcible rape;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    (2)  Legal proceedings for the child's adoption are pending in court;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    (3)  </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">The child for whom support is being sought can reasonably be expected to experience p</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">hysical or emotional harm </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">from the absent parent or parents if cooperation with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:66"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">67:12:01:66</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> is required</span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    (4)  </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">The</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> mother or other caretaker relative with whom the child is living </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">can reasonably be expected to experience physical or emotional harm from the absent parent or parents if cooperation with § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=67:12:01:66"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">67:12:01:66</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> is required that</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> would significantly reduce </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">the caretaker's</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> capacity to care for the child; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    (5)  A licensed public or private social agency is currently assisting the applicant or recipient to decide whether a child should be kept or relinquished for adoption and this assistance has not exceeded three months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> 5 SDR 48, effective December 19, 1978; 5 SDR 102, effective June 6, 1979; 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981</span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">; 51 SDR 52, effective November 11, 2024</span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">    </span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=28-6-1"><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">28-</span><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0-000002">6-1</span></a><span class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1C0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1P0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdbdebbaa-cbe2-43ba-a3b1-3e870c9afdb1000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>