Legal Opinion
In Re the Termination of Parental Rights Over T.E.L.S.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided May 16, 2007No. 24289PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1.] On November 2, 2005, J.H.T. (Mother) and C.T. (Husband) filed a petition in the South Dakota Fourth Judicial Circuit to terminate the parental rights of R.S. (Father) contemporaneous with Husband’s petition for adoption of T.E.L.S. under SDCL 25-6-4. The matter was heard on February 27, 2006. Judgment denying the petitions was entered on September 12, 2006. We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
[¶ 2.] Mother and Father met in 1996, while both were living in Ft. Collins, Colorado. At the time, Mother was eighteen and Father was twenty-two. After they had dated for about…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Cromwell v. HosbrookSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1965
- Claymore v. SerrSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
- Mastrovich v. MavricSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1939
- Lutheran Welfare Soc. v. RomeroSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1951
- Matter of Adoption of SichmellerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
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