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IN RE D.F.

No. 23990.

727 N.W.2d 481 (2007)

2007 SD 14

In the Interest of D.F., Alleged Abused or Neglected Child and concerning L.A., f/k/a L.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided January 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Duncan of Zimmer, Duncan & Cole, LLP, Parker, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellant Mother, L.A.

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Kirsten E. Jasper, Assistant Attorney General, Division of Legal Services Department of Social Services, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for appellee State.

ZINTER, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Mother's and Father's parental rights were terminated in an abuse and neglect proceeding. Mother was served by publication and failed to appear at any of the hearings.1 She subsequently moved to reopen, challenging the State's due diligence in attempting to locate her before the service by publication. She also challenged the circuit court's refusal to reopen to redetermine her parental fitness. The circuit...

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