26-6-21. Placement of children for adoption--Consent by agency to adoption.Any licensed child welfare agency may place children in family homes for care or for adoption if authorized to do so in the license issued by the Department of Social Services. Whenever a child welfare agency licensed to place children for adoption shall have been given the permanent care, custody, and guardianship of any child and the rights of the parent or parents of such child shall have been terminated by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, the child welfare agency may consent to the adoption of such child pursuant to the statutes regulating adoption proceedings. Source: SL 1939, ch 168, §7; SDC Supp 1960, §55.3712.
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