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43-18-17 - Placement by courts of delinquent children.

§ 43-18-17. Placement by courts of delinquent children.
  

Any court having jurisdiction to place delinquent children may place such a child in an institution of or in another state pursuant to Article VI of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children and shall retain jurisdiction as provided in Article V thereof. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1976, ch 428, § 8, eff from and after passage (approved May 6, 1976).