MATTER OF ADOPTION OF EVERETT

Nos. 12599, 12605.

286 N.W.2d 810 (1979)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF Rachel Lorraine EVERETT a/k/a Rachel Rae Oakland.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Burns, of Burns & Hagen, Sioux Falls, for appellants, Warren and Karen Oakland.

Lee R. Burd, Deputy State's Atty. for Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls, for appellant State of South Dakota; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Russell D. Kading, Sioux Falls, for respondent Candace Everett.


FOSHEIM, Justice.

This is a consolidated appeal brought by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Oakland and the State of South Dakota seeking reversal of: (1) an order allowing respondent Candace Everett to withdraw her consent to adoption and her petition for voluntary termination of parental rights; and (2) an order dismissing the Oaklands' petition for adoption. Appellants also seek review of an adjudication finding Ms. Everett's child not to be dependent and neglected. The attorney...

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