Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of a Child Known as D.M.
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided February 8, 2006No. 23434PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEIERHENRY, Justice (on reassignment).
[¶ 1.] Faye and Kelly Degen (Degens) sought to intervene in the adoption proceedings of their grandniece, D.M. The trial court denied Degens’ motion to inter*443vene and entered an order and decree of adoption. Degens appeal. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2.] Degens originally sought to intervene in the abuse and neglect proceedings in which parental rights to D.M. were terminated. The Department of Social Services (DSS) had approved Degens as an adoptive family along with two other families but ultimately recommended adoptive placement with a nonrelative family.1 After…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Sierra Club v. RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
- Calhoun v. BryantSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
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