Matter of MAC

512 N.W.2d 152 (1994)

In the Matter of the Termination of Parental Rights Over M.A.C. and A.R.C.

No. 18183.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Argued October 4, 1993.

Decided February 2, 1994.

Charles L. Dorothy, Sioux Falls, for appellant M.H.

Robert L. O'Connor, Sioux Falls, for appellee E.H.

HENDERSON, Justice.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY/ISSUES

In January 1989, CC (Natural Father), at the request of his ex-wife (EH), signed a petition voluntarily relinquishing his parental rights to MAC and ARC, their minor children. Two years later, Mother filed for divorce from MH (Stepfather), her husband when the…