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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 25 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 6 - ADOPTION OF CHILDREN
Section 25-6-16 - Change of name by adopted child-Relationship with adoptive parent

S.D. Codified Laws § 25-6-16

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Section 25-6-16 - Change of name by adopted child-Relationship with adoptive parent

A child, when adopted, may take the family name of the person adopting. After adoption the two shall sustain towards each other the legal relation of parent and child and have all the rights and be subject to all the duties of that relation.

SDCL 25-6-16

SDC 1939, § 14.0407; SL 1943, ch 50; SL 1945, ch 47, § 2.