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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF J. Q. P.

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903 N.W.2d 736 (2017)

2017 S.D. 67

In the MATTER OF the ADOPTION OF the Child Known as J. Q. P., a Minor Child.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

OPINION FILED November 1, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

THOMAS E. BRADY of Lynn, Jackson, Shultz & LeBrun, PC, Spearfish, South Dakota, Attorneys for petitioners and appellants, K. H. & K. H.

ROSE ANN WENDELL , Pierre, South Dakota, JOAN SCHUELLER , Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee, G. L. P.

[¶ 1.] Mother and Stepfather (Petitioners) petitioned to have Stepfather adopt Mother's child without the biological father's consent. The circuit court denied the petition, concluding Petitioners failed to show that the biological father had abandoned the child. We affirm.

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