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.
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