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HAGY v. PRUITT

No. 2837.

331 S.C. 213 (1998)

500 S.E.2d 168

Misty Dawn HAGY, f/k/a Misty Dawn Pruitt, and Guy Stanley Hagy, Respondents, v. Donald Jerome PRUITT, Ann Lyle Pruitt and Elizabeth Dawn Pruitt, Defendants, of whom Donald Jerome Pruitt and Ann Lyle Pruitt are, Appellants. In re Elizabeth Dawn PRUITT, a minor under the age of four (4) years.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 4, 1998.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Bacot, Jr., Surfside Beach, for appellants.

Charles E. Parrish, of S.C. Dept. of Social Services, Conway; Ian D. Maguire, of Suggs & Kelly, Columbia, for respondents.

Guy Stanley Hagy, California, pro se.

O. Terry Beverly, Conway, Guardian Ad Litem.

HUFF, Judge:

This action was brought by respondent, Misty Dawn Hagy, to set aside the adoption of her infant daughter, Elizabeth Dawn Pruitt, by Misty's father and stepmother, Donald and Ann Pruitt. The family court judge set aside the adoption and Donald and Ann appeal. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1990, fifteen year old Misty Dawn Pruitt became pregnant while living with her mother, Linda...

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