License required to place child for adoption--Relatives and guardian excepted

No person other than the parents, guardian, or relatives within the second degree, and no firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, or organization other than a licensed child welfare agency, or the Department of Social Services, may place any child in the control and care of any person or place such child for adoption. Source: SL 1939, ch 168 , § 7; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.3712; SL 1994, ch 351 , § 47.