In re D. L. F.

BIEGELMEIER, Judge.

On June 5, 1968 appellant, an unmarried girl of 15 years who lived in Rapid City, entered respondent’s Home for unwed mothers located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She reached age 16 on June 21st and on July 4th gave birth to a son, the central figure of this controversy. Appellant was released from the hospital, where the birth took place, on the afternoon of July 9th at which time her mother had arrived. On the next morning July 10th, pursuant to an appointment made by a Home employee and social worker, appellant and her mother, who had paid the hospital and the Home’s…