DORN v. COHEN

Opinion No. 5432.

418 S.C. 126 (2016)

791 S.E.2d 313

Daniel B. DORN, in his capacity as the Parent and Natural guardian of E.D., R.D., and Y.D., Appellant, v. Paul S. COHEN and Susan Cohen, Individually and in their capacity as the Co-Conservators of the person of Abbie Ilene Dorn, a protected person and ward, and in their capacity as Co-Trustees of the Abbie Dorn Special Needs Trust, Respondents. Paul S. Cohen, M.D. and Susan Cohen, Respondents, v. E.D., R.D., and Y.D., The Living Issue of Abbie Ilene Dorn, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Respondents below. Of whom E.D., R.D., and Y.D., The Living Issue of Abbie Ilene Dorn are the Appellants, and The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is a Respondent. In Re The Abbie Dorn Special Needs Trust

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed August 3, 2016.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Massalon and Christy Ford Allen , both of Wills Massalon & Allen LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants Daniel B. Dorn, E.D., R.D., and Y.D.

Daniel Scott Slotchiver , of Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP, of Charleston, for Appellant Daniel B. Dorn.

John Kachmarsky , of Law Office of John Kachmarsky, of Charleston, as Court Appointed Attorney and Guardian ad Litem for Appellants E.D., R.D., and Y.D.

Reese Rodman Boyd, III and Bret Harlan Davis , of Davis & Boyd, LLC, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondents Paul S. Cohen and Susan Cohen.

Lynette Rogers Hedgepath , of the Hedgepath Law Firm, PA, of Conway, as Court Appointed Attorney for Abbie Ilene Dorn.

Virginia Lee Moore , of Moore Johnson & Saraniti Law Firm, PA, of Surfside Beach, as Court Appointed Guardian ad Litem for Abbie Ilene Dorn.

Shealy Boland Reibold , of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, of Columbia, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.


Daniel Bernard Dorn and E.D., R.D., and Y.D. (collectively, Appellants) appeal the circuit court's order dismissing as not immediately appealable their appeal of the probate court's order adding a party after the conclusion of Dorn's case-in-chief. Appellants contend the probate court's order, which added Abbie Ilene Dorn (Abbie) as...

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