SDCL § 25-5A-29: Surrender of newborn--Termination of parental rights--Ward.

Fourteen days after a parent surrenders a newborn to an emergency services provider or a licensed child placement agency, as provided in § 25-5A-27:

(1) The parent's rights with respect to the newborn are terminated; and

(2) The legal and physical custody of the newborn is assumed:

(a) By the state; or

(b) By the licensed child placement agency, if the newborn was surrendered to an agency.