S.C. DEPT. OF SOC. SERVICES v. M.R.C.L.

No. 27007.

393 S.C. 387 (2011)

712 S.E.2d 452

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Petitioner, v. M.R.C.L., R.L., and G.L., Defendants, Of whom M.R.C.L., is Respondent, and G.L., by and through Guardian ad Litem, Maria Royle, is Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 18, 2011.

Rehearing Denied August 5, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul C. White , of Moncks Corner, for Petitioner.

Phillip S. Ferderigos and Jeremy E. Bowers , both of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Virginia Cravens Ravenel , of Columbia, for Guardian Ad Litem.


PER CURIAM.

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in South Carolina Dept. of Social Services v. M.R.C.L., 390 S.C. 329, 701 S.E.2d 757 (Ct.App.2010). We reverse.

FACTS

The Department of Social Services (DSS) initiated termination of parental rights (TPR) proceedings against M.R.C.L. (mother) and R.L. (father). Child was removed from mother and...

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