PRATT v. S.C. DSS

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283 S.C. 550 (1984)

324 S.E.2d 97

Rex K. PRATT and Charles B. Baxley, Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and Virgil L. Conrad, individually and as Commissioner of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of whom South Carolina Department of Social Services is the Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex K. Pratt and Charles B. Baxley, Lugoff, pro se.

Stanley H. Kohn, of Columbia, for respondent.


Heard Oct. 6, 1984.

Decided Dec. 19, 1984.

SANDERS, Chief Judge:

Rex Pratt and Charles Baxley were appointed by the Kershaw County Family Court to represent minor children as either counsel or guardian ad litem in three separate abuse and neglect proceedings. In two of the three cases the South Carolina Department of Social Services was ordered to pay the fees of the attorney or guardian ad litem. When the Department subsequently refused...

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