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IN RE ADOPTION OF D.M.

No. 23434.

710 N.W.2d 441 (2006)

2006 SD 15

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF a Child known as D.M.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Reassigned July 22, 2005.

Decided February 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debra D. Watson of Watson & McGowan, L.L.P., Rapid City, SD, for proposed intervenors and appellants Degens.

Jean M. Cline of Feehan & Cline, P.C., Rapid City, SD, for adoptive parents and appellees.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Ann M. Holzhauser, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, for appellee State of South Dakota.

MEIERHENRY, Justice (on reassignment).

[¶ 1.] Faye and Kelly Degen (Degens) sought to intervene in the adoption proceedings of their grandniece, D.M. The trial court denied Degens' motion to intervene and entered an order and decree of adoption. Degens appeal. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Degens originally sought to intervene in the abuse and neglect proceedings in which parental rights to D.M. were...

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