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LAWS v. DSS

No. 20700.

598 N.W.2d 554 (1999)

1999 SD 107

In the Matter of Rita LAWS, and Concerning Eli Laws-Rodriguez, an Adoptive Child, Appellant, v. SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided August 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Hamilton, South Dakota Advocacy Services, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for appellant.

Mark Barnett, Attorney General, Gay Klima Tollefson, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee.

MILLER, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] In this opinion we hold that the South Dakota Department of Social Services (DSS) did not err in denying requested retroactive adoption assistance subsidy payments.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Eli Laws-Rodriguez was born on May 1, 1987. His birth mother voluntarily terminated her parental rights. DSS received custody and placed him in foster care, awaiting adoptive placement. In October 1987 Eli was placed for adoption in...

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