DORN v. COHEN

Opinion No. 27757.

421 S.C. 517 (2017)

809 S.E.2d 53

Daniel B. DORN, in his capacity as the Parent and Natural guardian of E.D., R.D., and Y.D., Petitioner, 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 Petitioners, and the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is a Respondent. In re: The Abbie Dorn Special Needs Trust.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed December 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Massalon and Christy Ford Allen , both of Wills Massalon & Allen, LLC, and Daniel S. Slotchiver , of Slotchiver & Slotchiver, LLP, all of Charleston, for Petitioners.

John Kachmarsky , of Law Office of John Kachmarsky, of Charleston; Virginia Lee Moore , of Moore Johnson & Saraniti Law Firm, PA, of Surfside Beach; Bret Harlan Davis and Reese Rodman Boyd, III , of Davis & Boyd, LLC, of Myrtle Beach; Lynette Rogers Hedgepath , of The Hedgepath Law Firm, PA, of Conway; and Shealy Boland Reibold , of Columbia, all for Respondents.


Petitioners seek a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Dorn v. Cohen, 418 S.C. 126, 791 S.E.2d 313 (Ct. App. 2016). We grant the petition, dispense with further briefing, and affirm the court of appeals...

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