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S.C. DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. PATTEN

No. 5305.

412 S.C. 93 (2015)

770 S.E.2d 192

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent, v. In the Interests of Sidney PATTEN, a vulnerable adult, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 25, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant.

David E. Simpson, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

Ernest M. Spong, III, of Winnsboro, Guardian Ad Litem.

Sidney Patten appeals the family court's order finding him a vulnerable adult under the Omnibus Adult Protection Act, sections 43-35-5 to -595 of the South Carolina Code (2015 & Supp.2014) (the Act). We reverse and remand.

FACTS/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At the time of his hearing, Patten was sixty-three years old...

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