S.D. Codified Laws § 25-6-1.1

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 25-6-1.1 - Father of illegitimate child not entitled to notice unless acknowledged

Notwithstanding any other provision of law or court rule the father of an illegitimate child shall, as a requirement of due process, have no rights to the service of process in adoption, dependency, delinquency, or termination of parental rights proceedings unless he is known and identified by the mother or unless he, prior to the entry of a final order, in any of the three proceedings, shall have acknowledged the child as his own by affirmatively asserting paternity, within sixty days after the birth of the child:

(1) As outlined in § 25-6-1; or

(2) By causing his name to be affixed to the birth certificate as provided by § 34-25-13.2; or

(3) Otherwise by commencing a judicial proceeding claiming a parental right.

SDCL 25-6-1.1

SL 1974, ch 176.