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IN RE ADOPTION OF A.A.B.

Nos. 27488, 27490.

877 N.W.2d 355 (2016)

2016 S.D. 22

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF A.A.B., minor child. In the Matter of the Adoption of B.A.B., minor child.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided March 9, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn L. Morrison of Bangs, McCullen, Butler, Foye & Simmons, LLP, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellees Troy & Twila Hansen.

Joseph N. Thronson , Special Assistant Attorney General Department of Social Services Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant State of South Dakota.

[¶ 1.] Troy and Twila Hansen, Petitioners, filed petitions to adopt two minor children over which the South Dakota Department of Social Services (referred to throughout as DSS or Department) has custody. DSS moved to dismiss the petitions for lack of standing under the adoption statutes. The circuit court denied DSS's motions...

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