S.C. DEPT. OF SOC. SERVS. v. PRITCHER

No. 2769.

329 S.C. 242 (1997)

495 S.E.2d 242

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Patricia PRITCHER, Roger Pritcher, Defendants-Respondents, In the Interest of Ashley Pritcher, DOB: 09-24-91 minor under the age of 18, of whom Josephine Fogle, Guardian ad Litem is Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 15, 1997.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Toal, of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

Richard B. Ness and Norma A.T. Jett, both of Early & Ness, Bamberg; and Edgar Dickson and Glenn Walters, Orangeburg, for respondents.


HOWARD, Judge:

This is an appeal by the guardian ad litem from an order of the family court dismissing a child neglect proceeding. We affirm.1

I. ISSUES

A. Did the family court abuse its discretion by dismissing the child neglect case upon motion of the named plaintiff, South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS)? B. Did the family...

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