Section 33-16-19 - Conservator for minor or incompetent person designated by division--Commitmentor release of veterans.

33-16-19. Conservator for minor or incompetent person designated by division--Commitment or release of veterans. The Division of Veterans Affairs may designate an employee to act as conservator for a minor or an incompetent person receiving moneys from the United States government if no other suitable person will so act, or to act as petitioner for commitment of veterans to mental institutions or for release from mental institutions.

Source: SL 1944 (SS), ch 3, § 5; SL 1947, ch 184; SDC Supp 1960, § 41.0405 (6); SL 1993, ch 213, § 220; SL 2007, ch 187, § 154.