COOPER v. SOUTH CAROLINA DSS

Opinion No. 27927.

428 S.C. 402 (2019)

835 S.E.2d 516

Zachariah Scott COOPER and Amie Rochelle Lord Cooper, Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Shanice Carter, and Michael Jones, Respondent. and Arlene Annett Palazzo, Appellant, v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, Shanice Carter, and Michael Jones, Respondent. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed November 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Dale Dove , of Dove Law Group, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Appellants Zachariah Scott Cooper and Amie Rochelle Lord Cooper.

Robert J. Butcher and Deborah J. Butcher , both of The Camden Law Firm, PA, of Camden, for Appellant Arlene Annett Palazzo.

Scarlet Bell Moore , of Greenville, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Amanda Mange Scott , of Parnell & Parnell, P.A., of White Rock, for Respondent Shanice Carter.

Earnest Deon O'Neil , of Columbia, for Respondent Michael Jones.


Zachariah Scott Cooper, Amie Rochelle Lord Cooper, and Arlene Annett Palazzo are foster parents of three sibling children placed in their care by the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS). The Coopers foster one of the children, and Palazzo fosters the other two children. DSS initiated removal actions in the family court...

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