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EX PARTE MORRIS

No. 26092.

367 S.C. 56 (2006)

624 S.E.2d 649

Ex parte Amelia Beth MORRIS, Appellant. In re South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Paula Lynn Monceaux and John Doe, whose true identity is unknown, Defendants. In the Interest of Trae Steven Monceaux, a minor under the age of eighteen years.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 9, 2006.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Wilkerson, III, and Patrick W. Carr, both of Turner, Padget, Graham, and Laney, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Thomas P. Stoney, II, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Berkeley County, of Moncks Corner, for Respondent.

Wolfgang L. Kelly, of Summerville, for the guardian ad litem for Trae Steven Monceaux.

Justice BURNETT:

This appeal raises the issue of whether the family court judge erred in a child custody case by issuing a permanency planning order without allowing the presentation of testimony and evidence at a hearing. We affirm in result.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Trae Steven Monceaux (Child) was born in 2001 and abandoned by his mother, who left him with a friend, Amelia Beth Morris (Custodian). The mother's present whereabouts and...

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