Legal Opinion
Matter of the Adoption of A.A.B. & B.A.B.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided March 9, 2016No. 27488, 27490PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SEVERSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Troy and Twila Hansen, Petitioners, filed petitions to adopt two minor children over which the South Dakota Department of Social Services (referred to throughout as DSS or Department) has custody. DSS moved to dismiss the petitions for lack of standing under the adoption statutes. The circuit court denied DSS’s motions to dismiss the petitions, and we granted DSS’s request for intermediate appeal.
Background
[¶ 2.] DSS received custody of AA.B., born in September 2012, and B.A.B., born in October 2013, after a circuit court terminated parent’s parental rights through…
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