DOE v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 27083.

398 S.C. 62 (2011)

727 S.E.2d 605

Jane DOE, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Logan Harrison , of Columbia, and Stuart M. Andrews, Jr. and Jennifer I. Cooke , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

William H. Davidson, II , and Kenneth P. Woodington , Davidson & Lindemann, both of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice KITTREDGE:

This appeal presents the question of whether Respondent South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and its agent, the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN), "properly ceased Mental Retardation/Related Disability services to"1 Appellant Jane Doe, a twenty-eight-year-old woman with undeniable cognitive and adaptive deficits. Based on a purported legal standard that the "onset of...

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