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S.C. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. PARKER

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275 S.C. 176 (1980)

268 S.E.2d 282

S. C. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent, v. Ellen Smith PARKER, Jim Roy, and Vernon Barnwell Lowe, of whom Jim Roy is, Appellant. In re Mickey Jo SMITH, John Everett Lowe, and Vernon Ivan Lowe, minor children aged Eleven (11) years, Nine (9) years and Eight (8) years respectively.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 21, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Walker, Smith, Bailey & Carroll, Summerville, for appellant Jim Roy.

Charles B. Bryan, Jr., Charleston, for Ellen Smith Parker.

Walter T. Patrick, St. George, guardain ad litem, for minor children.

Jane A. McFaddin, S.C. Dept. of Social Services, Columbia, for respondent.

July 21, 1980.

NESS, Justice:

This appeal is from an order terminating appellant James Roy's parental rights in his illegitimate son and placing the child with respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services for adoption. We affirm.

Michael Jo Smith was born illegitimately to Ellen Smith, now Ellen Smith Parker.1 Prior to his birth and through his eleventh year, appellant steadfastly denied paternity and neither...

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