67:14:31:59Permanency

hearings in state court. When the department has custody of a child and has placed the child into alternative care, the child must have a permanency hearing before the court of present jurisdiction within 12 months from the date of the original alternative care placement and every 12 months thereafter until final disposition is made.

Source: 12 SDR 96, effective December 9, 1985; 14 SDR 98, effective January 18, 1988; 37 SDR 222, effective June 7, 2011.