<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-6-9 - Period of residence in home required before petition granted. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050052Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050052SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050052CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050052Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050052DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050052000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050052SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050052SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050052Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-6-9"><span class="s2050052SENU">25-6-9</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050052SENU">. </span><span class="s2050052CL">Period of residence in home required before petition granted.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050052Normal-000000"><span class="s2050052DefaultParagraphFont">No petition for adoption shall be granted until the child shall have lived within the proposed foster home for a period of at least six months.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050052Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050052000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050052Normal"><span class="s2050052SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050052SCL-000002"> SDC 1939, § 14.0406; SL 1945, ch 47, § 1; SL 1947, ch 54.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en-US"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-6-9 - Period of residence in home required before petition granted. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML"><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcNormal { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcSENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute { text-indent: 0.50in; 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font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"><meta property="og:title" content="SD 25-6-9.1 - Home study required--Background check--Department contribution--Penalty."><meta property="og:description" content="SDLRC Codified Law 25-6-9.1 - Home study required--Background check--Department contribution--Penalty."><meta property="og:type" content="website"><meta property="og:url" content="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/25-6-9.1"><meta property="og:image" content="https://lawmakerdocuments.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/photos/logoshape.webp"><meta property="og:site_name" content="South Dakota Legislature"></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcNormal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=25-6-9.1" rel="noopener"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcSENU">25-6-9.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcSENU">. </span><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcCL">Home study required--Background check--Department contribution--Penalty.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">A person may not place a child in a home for adoption until a home study has been completed by a licensed child placement agency, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-6-14" rel="noopener"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">26-6-14</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">, the Department of Social Services, or a certified social worker eligible to engage in private independent practice, as defined in § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-26-17" rel="noopener"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">36-26-17</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">. Any person who submitted home studies under this section or under § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=26-4-15" rel="noopener"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">26-4-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont"> prior to July 1, 1990, may continue to submit home study reports without meeting the above requirements.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">A home study must include a fingerprint-based criminal record check completed by the Division of Criminal Investigation and a central registry screening completed by the department.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">A child who is in the custody of the department may not be placed in a home for adoption until a fingerprint-based criminal record check has been completed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for each adopting parent.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">The department shall contribute one thousand five hundred dollars towards the cost of each home study required under this section. The necessary funding must be budgeted and expended through the general appropriation bill, pursuant to chapter </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=4-7" rel="noopener"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">4-7</span></a><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcStatute"><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont">Any person who violates this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbc000000"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcNoIndent"><span xml:space="preserve" class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcDefaultParagraphFont-000001">Source: </span><span class="saea853137a7e490bbac440b17619bbbcSCL">SL 1986, ch 214, §§ 2, 3; SL 1990, ch 185, § 1; SL 1992, ch 180, § 1; SL 2002, ch 116, § 2; SL 2003, ch 145, § 1; SL 2007, ch 156, § 1; SL 2008, ch 130, § 1; SL 2022, ch 79, § 1; SL 2025, ch 109, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html><br /><hr><br /><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-6-9 - Period of residence in home required before petition granted. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050054Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050054SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050054CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050054Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2050054DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050054000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050054SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050054SCL-000002 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050054Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-6-9.2"><span class="s2050054SENU">25-6-9.2</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054SENU">. </span><span class="s2050054CL">Effective date.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050054Normal-000000"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054DefaultParagraphFont">The provisions of §§ </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-6-9.1"><span class="s2050054DefaultParagraphFont">25-6-9.1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054DefaultParagraphFont"> and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-6-15"><span class="s2050054DefaultParagraphFont">25-6-15</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054DefaultParagraphFont"> apply to any child placement made after July 1, 1986.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050054Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054000001"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050054Normal"><span class="s2050054SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050054SCL-000002"> SL 1986, ch 214, § 4.</span></p></div></body></html>