COTTON v. STANGE

No. 20223.

582 N.W.2d 25 (1998)

1998 SD 81

Kenneth W. COTTON, as Guardian Ad Litem for S.T., a minor, and S.T. and T.T., individually, Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. Kathy STANGE and Paula Bierle, Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Alberts, Avon, for plaintiffs and appellees.

Robert B. Anderson of May, Adam, Gerdes & Thompson, Pierre, Gary P. Thimsen and Susan M. Sabers of Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, for defendants and appellants.


JOHNS, Circuit Judge.

[¶ 1.] This is an intermediate appeal from the denial of a motion for summary judgment made by Petitioners and Appellants, Kathy Stange and Paula Bierle, social workers for the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS). Plaintiffs and Appellees, T.T. (Older Son), S.T. (Daughter), and S.T. (Younger Son), collectively referred to herein as Children, are the children of R.T. (Father) and R.T. (Mother). Children claim Stange and Bierle...

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