25-5A-1. Definition of terms.

Terms in this chapter mean:

(1)    "Authorized agency," the Department of Social Services of South Dakota or any agency licensed by the department to place children for adoption;

(2)    "Child," any minor;

(3)    "Parents," the mother and father, if living, of a child;

(4)    "Putative father," any person who claims to be, or is named as, the biological father or a possible biological father of a child, and whose paternity of the child has not been judicially determined.

Source: SL 1971, ch 165, § 1; SL 1972, ch 154, § 6; SL 1973, ch 163, § 1; SL 1995, ch 143, § 1.