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CHARLESTON DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. KING

No. 26152.

369 S.C. 96 (2006)

631 S.E.2d 239

CHARLESTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES and John Roe and Mary Roe, Intervenors, Petitioners, v. Pamela KING, Kenneth King, Jr., and Cody King, a child, D/O/B-03/24/97, Defendants, of whom Pamela King is, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 22, 2006.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Glenn Lister, Jr., and Daphne A. Burns, of Mt. Pleasant; and Frampton Durban, Jr., of Charleston County Department of Social Services, of North Charleston, for petitioners.

Robert V. DeMarco, of Charleston, for respondent.

Ruth F. Buck, of Sullivans Island, for Amicus Curiae.

Ellen Babb, of Mt. Pleasant, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Justice MOORE:

This petition arises out of a dispute over the termination of parental rights of a biological mother as to her youngest child. The family court found the grounds were met for terminating the mother's parental rights and that doing so was in the best interests of the child. The Court of Appeals reversed, upholding one ground for termination but finding the best interests of the child would be served by preserving the biological mother's parental rights...

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