In the December 16, 2011 opinion in SCDSS v. Mother and Father, the Court of Appeals reversed a family court permanency planning order requiring the Department of Social Services (DSS) to bring a termination of parental rights (TPR) action against Mother and instead ordered the matter remanded for a reunification plan. This case started when [...]
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Court of Appeals reverses permanency plan of termination of parental rights where Mother remedied conditions that led to removal
Posted Friday, December 23rd, 2011 by Gregory Forman
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Tags: Child Abuse and Neglect, Department of Social Services, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Termination of Parental Rights
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Supreme Court reverses termination of parental rights where father not responsible for numerous court delays
Posted Tuesday, October 4th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
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The October 3, 2011 Supreme Court opinion in Charleston County DSS v. Marccuci reverses a family court order terminating Sean Taylor’s (Father’s) parental rights. The reversal is based, in a large part, upon a convoluted procedural history that mitigated the grounds upon which the lower court based the termination of parental rights (TPR). The procedural [...]
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Supreme Court grants termination of parental rights, finding mother’s failure to support was “willful”
Posted Monday, July 18th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
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In SCDSS v. M. R. C. L., 393 S.C. 387, 712 S.E.2d 452 (2011), it took the South Carolina Supreme Court less than a year to reverse the Court of Appeals’ opinion, 390 S.C. 329, 701 S.E.2d 757 (Ct. App. 2010), which itself reversed a family court grant of termination of parental right against a mother whom the [...]
Tags: Department of Social Services, South Carolina Supreme Court, Termination of Parental Rights
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Monthly visits and small gifts sufficient to prevent termination of parental rights says Court of Appeals
Posted Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
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Note: this decision was later reversed by the South Carolina Supreme Court. See, Supreme Court grants termination of parental rights, finding mother’s failure to support was “willful” Today’s 2-1 decision in SC Department of Social Services v. M. R. C. L., 390 S.C. 329, 701 S.E.2d 757 (Ct. App. 2010), reversed a family court ruling terminating [...]
Tags: Department of Social Services, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Termination of Parental Rights
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Recent changes to South Carolina “Child Protection and Permanency” statute make it harder for parents to obtain return of their children
Posted Friday, June 18th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
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On May 12, 2010, South Carolina enacted Senate bill 1172, which makes changes to the Child Protection and Permanency statute. Among the highlights: The revisions limits when the Department of Social Services (DSS) will be required by the family court to make “reasonable efforts to preserve or reunify a family.” S.C. Code § 63-7-1640. It [...]
Tags: Child Abuse and Neglect, Children's Law Center, South Carolina Code, Termination of Parental Rights
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Supreme Court reverses Court of Appeals and affirms the Family Court’s termination of father’s parental rights
Posted Monday, March 1st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
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Today’s Supreme Court opinion in Doe v. Roe, 386 S.C. 624, 690 S.E.2d 573 (2010), reverses the Court of Appeals and affirms the Family Court’s termination of Father’s parental rights when Father waited until daughter was nine months old before seeking to establish his parental rights. Justice Pleicones dissented, finding that “the Court of Appeals correctly [...]
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South Carolina’s new Responsible Father Registry
Posted Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
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Beginning January 1, 2010, South Carolina implemented a Responsible Father Registry. S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-820. This registry is designed to allow men who have potentially fathered a child to register as the child’s possible father. The purpose of the registry is to simplify notice requirements for termination of parental rights and adoptions proceedings. With [...]
Tags: Adoption, Jurisprudence, Paternity, Popular Culture, Termination of Parental Rights
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Former foster parents who declined to adopt child lack standing to bring subsequent adoption proceeding; Judge Lockemy concerned that DSS deceived foster parents
Posted Friday, October 2nd, 2009 by Gregory Forman
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The Court of Appeals’ decision in Michael P. v. Greenville County Department of Social Services, 385 S.C. 407, 684 S.E.2d 211 (2009), has all the makings of an excellent melodrama [government malfeasance; lesbian adoption] buried within a decision over standing–the right of a person to bring a particular lawsuit. In Michael P., DSS placed a child with [...]
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