CLARK v. GORDON

No. 2067.

437 S.E.2d 144 (1993)

Sherri Lynn CLARK and Myron Calvin Clark, Appellants, v. Kristen Nicole GORDON, a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, and Michael S. Gordon, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided August 23, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Pamela Price and J. Robin Turner, Columbia, for appellants.

Ronald A. Barrett, Columbia, for respondents.


CURETON, Judge:

This action began as one for termination of the parental rights of the respondent father, Michael S. Gordon, and the adoption of the minor child, Kristen Nicole Gordon (Kristen), by her stepfather, appellant Myron Calvin Clark. After receipt of suit papers, Gordon served and filed a motion under Rule 12(b), SCRCP, to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction.

On January 20, 1992, at a hearing on Gordon's motion, the trial judge determined...

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