Lutheran Welfare Soc. v. Romero

Predicated upon a proper petition and the voluntary consent of the mother of a child born out of wedlock, an order was made in a proceeding instituted in the county court of Minnehaha county under SDC 43.03 declaring the child to be dependent, taking him from the care, custody, and control of his mother, surrendering him to the Lutheran Welfare Society of South Dakota, and appointing its superintendent as his guardian with power to consent to his adoption. Shortly thereafter, in response to a petition filed by the mother, an ex parte order was entered in the county court vacating its former…