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DOE v. BABY GIRL

No. 26425.

376 S.C. 267 (2008)

657 S.E.2d 455

John and Jane DOE, Appellants v. BABY GIRL, a minor under the age of fourteen years, and Birthfather, Respondents. Birthmother, Respondent, v. John and Jane Doe and Baby Girl, a minor under the age of fourteen (14) years, Defendants, Of Whom John and Jane Doe are the, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond William Godwin, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Robert L. Jackson, of Columbia, for Respondent Birthmother, and Birthfather, pro se, of Rockfort, IL.

F. Earl Ellis, Jr., of Columbia, Guardian Ad Litem.

Justice WALLER:

In this interstate adoption case, appellants John and Jane Doe directly appeal from two South Carolina family court orders. The first order dismissed appellants' adoption action based on jurisdictional grounds. The second order enforced an Illinois decree which ordered the return of the baby girl to respondent Birthmother in Illinois. We reverse.

FACTS

On June 16, 2006, Birthmother gave birth...

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