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2011 South Dakota Code
Title 25 DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 06. Adoption Of Children
§25-6-20 Jurisdictional provisions applicable to adoption of adults--Effect of adoption--New birth certificate optional.
SD Codified L § 25-6-20 (through 2011) What's This?
25-6-20. Jurisdictional provisions applicable to adoption of adults--Effect of adoption--New birth certificate optional. The provisions of §§ 25-6-6 to 25-6-8, inclusive, and of §§ 25-6-16 and 25-6-17 shall be applicable to adult adoption, but a new birth certificate shall be issued only if requested in the petition.
Source: SDC 1939, § 14.0406 as added by SL 1961, ch 216.
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