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IN RE D.M.

No. 22700.

677 N.W.2d 578 (2004)

2004 SD 34

In the Interest of D.M., Minor Child, and Concerning, The Department of Social Services, Appellees, and Faye and Kelly Degen, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 10, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Ann M. Holzhauser, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Social Services, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee DSS.

Todd A. Schweiger, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorney for appellee Child.

Debra D. Watson of Watson, Roetzel & McGowan, Rapid City, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellants.

MEIERHENRY, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The child D.M. became eligible for adoption through the Department of Social Services (DSS) after the parental rights to the child were involuntarily terminated by the trial court. DSS began the process of finding an adoptive placement. Accordingly, DSS approved three adoptive families, two of the families were relatives of D.M., the other was a non-related foster family.

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