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.