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McLAUGHLIN v. STRICKLAND

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279 S.C. 513 (1983)

309 S.E.2d 787

William Henry McLAUGHLIN, Petitioner-Respondent, v. Candus Brooke STRICKLAND, a minor under the age of 14 years, Debra Bryant McLaughlin and Charles Ronald Strickland, Respondents, of whom Charles Ronald Strickland is the Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

December 5, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. McElveen, Jr., of Bryan, Bahnmuller, King, Goldman & McElveen, Sumter, for appellant.

William E. DuRant, Jr., of Schwartz & DuRant, Sumter, for petitioner-respondent.

Dec. 5, 1983.

BELL, Judge:

This appeal involves a petition for adoption of a minor child. The natural father, Charles Ronald Strickland, appeals from an order of the Family Court denying his motion for leave to withdraw a purported Consent to Adoption and for leave to file a late answer contesting the petition. We affirm in part and reverse in part and remand.

The minor child, Candus Brooke Strickland, is Charles Strickland's daughter by his previous...

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