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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF BELLOWS

No. 14680.

366 N.W.2d 848 (1985)

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF the Children Known as Candi Sue BELLOWS and James William Bellows, Jr.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denis R. Eckert, Elk Point, for appellant Donna Bellows.

John Slattery, Elk Point, for appellee Sandra Lee Bellows.

WOLLMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by Donna Sue Bellows from a judgment that declared that she had abandoned her two children and that therefore her consent was not required as a condition precedent to the adoption of the children by Sandra Lee Bellows. We reverse and remand with directions to dismiss the petition for adoption.

Donna Sue Bellows (Donna) and James W. Bellows (James) were married on April 19, 1975. Two children were born to the marriage, Candi...

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