STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) IN CIRCUIT COURT :SS COUNTY OF LINCOLN ) SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IN THE MATTER OF THE ADP. 25-16 ADOPTION OF RAI URUSHIYAMA AND ORDER FIXING TIME OF HEARING KAI URUSHIYAMA, ON PETITION FOR ADOPTION Minor Children. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * A Petition having been filed with the Court on the 16th day of October, 2025, by Donald Ray Romine, of Harrisburg, Lincoln County, South Dakota, praying for an Order declaring Kai Urushiyama and Rai Urushiyama to be his adopted children and requesting that the names of said children be changed to Kai Urushiyama Romine and Rai Urushiyana Romine, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said Petition be heard by the Honorable Rachel Rasmussen, Circuit Court Judge, in her Courtroom at the Lincoln County Courthouse, at 104 North Main Street, in Canton, South Dakota, on Thursday, December 18, 2025, at the hour of 1:30 p.m. of said day. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that because the Petitioner, Donald Ray Romine, is the stepfather of Kai Urushiyama and Rai Urushiyama and the husband of Nykia Romine, the natural mother of Kai Urushiyama and Rai Urushiyama, it shall not be necessary for an investigation to be conducted of the home of the Petitioner and the condition of said child. BY THE COURT: /S/ Rachel Rasmussen __________________________________ Rachel Rasmussen Circuit Court Judge Published November 7, 14, 21, 28 2025, at the total approximate cost of 99.76 and may be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com LABD0401961