<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 25-5A-1 - Definition of terms. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2050000Normal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2050000SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050000CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050000Normal-000000 { text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2050000DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2050000Normal-000001 { margin-left: 0.70in; text-indent: -0.45in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.s2050000000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050000SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2050000SCL-000003 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-5A-1"><span class="s2050000SENU">25-5A-1</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050000SENU">. </span><span class="s2050000CL">Definition of terms.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal-000000"><span class="s2050000DefaultParagraphFont">Terms in this chapter mean:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal-000001"><span class="s2050000DefaultParagraphFont">(1)    "Authorized agency," the Department of Social Services of South Dakota or any agency licensed by the department to place children for adoption;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal-000001"><span class="s2050000DefaultParagraphFont">(2)    "Child," any minor;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal-000001"><span class="s2050000DefaultParagraphFont">(3)    "Parents," the mother and father, if living, of a child;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal-000001"><span class="s2050000DefaultParagraphFont">(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.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050000000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2050000Normal"><span class="s2050000SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2050000SCL-000003"> SL 1971, ch 165, § 1; SL 1972, ch 154, § 6; SL 1973, ch 163, § 1; SL 1995, ch 143, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>