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

No. 23546.

437 S.E.2d 542 (1993)

Cheryl Turner HOPKINS, Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Grace Clark, Rex Alan York, and Randy Meyers, and Amanda York and Michael York, Minors Under the age of Fourteen (14) Years, Defendants. Sollie FLOYD and Mary Y. Floyd, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Cheryl Turner HOPKINS, Guardian ad Litem, South Carolina Department of Social Services, Grace Clark, Rex Alan York, and Randy Meyers, and Amanda York and Michael York, Minors Under the age of Fourteen (14) years, Defendants, Of whom Sollie Floyd and Mary Y. Floyd are Appellants, and Randy Meyers is Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Refiled October 21, 1993.

Rehearing Denied December 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall M. Chastain, Columbia, for appellants.

Susan Anderson, Columbia, for defendant SC Dept. of Social Services.

Rex York, defendant pro se.

Anthony Leibert, Florence, for defendant Grace Clark.

Stuart W. Snow, Florence, for respondent.

Kevin Barth, Florence, for guardian ad litem.

FINNEY, Justice.

We granted rehearing to reconsider our original opinion which reversed the family court's refusal to terminate respondent's (Meyers') parental rights to his son Michael. We now affirm.

This is a tragic case. Meyers, a Missouri resident, lived with Michael's mother (Clark) for two months in the fall of 1983 in that state. Clark has lived a nomadic lifestyle and has a history of short-term serial...

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