CHAPTER 117

(HB 1187)

Adoption petition, time for filing revised.

         ENTITLED, An Act  clarify the time of filing petitions for adoption.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:

     Section  1.  That § 25-6-10 be amended to read as follows:

     25-6-10.   Whenever a person, or a husband and wife jointly, petition the circuit court for leave to adopt a minor child, the judge of the circuit court shall fix a time for hearing not less than ten days from the filing of such petition and . The petition may be filed with the circuit court before the six-month period required by §  25-6-9 has passed. The circuit court may, in the case of a stepparent adopting a stepchild, and shall in all other cases, direct a court services officer or other officer of the court or an agent of the Department of Social Services or some other discreet and competent person to make a careful and thorough investigation of the matter and report his such findings in writing to the court. A history of any previous child support obligations of each prospective adoptive parent shall be included in the investigative report.



     Signed February 28, 2000.
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