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2023 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 05A - Voluntary Termination Of Parental Relations
Section 25-5A-1 - Definition of terms.
Universal Citation: SD Codified L § 25-5A-1 (2023)
25-5A-1. Definition of terms.
Terms in this chapter mean:
(1)"Authorized agency," the Department of Social Services of South Dakota or any agency licensed by the department to place children for adoption;
(2)"Child," any minor;
(3)"Parents," the mother and father, if living, of a child;
(4)"Putative father," any person who claims to be, or is named as, the biological father or a possible biological father of a child, and whose paternity of the child has not been judicially determined.
Source: SL 1971, ch 165, §1; SL 1972, ch 154, §6; SL 1973, ch 163, §1; SL 1995, ch 143, §1.
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