There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 25 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 05A. Voluntary Termination Of Parental Relations
§25-5A-2 Purposes of termination procedure.
SD Codified L § 25-5A-2 (through 2011) What's This?
25-5A-2. Purposes of termination procedure. The procedure for the voluntary termination of parental rights for the purpose of adoption or, if a suitable adoption plan cannot be effected, for the purpose of providing for the care of the child by some other plan which may or may not contemplate the continued possibility of eventual adoption, may be initiated whenever it appears that the parent or parents of any child desires to relinquish such parental rights.
Source: SL 1971, ch 165, § 3; SL 1973, ch 163, § 2.
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