HENSLEY v. SOUTH CAROLINA DSS

Opinion No. 27941.

429 S.C. 144 (2020)

838 S.E.2d 510

Kenneth and Angela HENSLEY, on behalf of their minor child BLH, and all other similarly situated children, Petitioners, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed January 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Ryan Langley and Charles J. Hodge , Hodge & Langley Law Firm, PC; and James Fletcher Thompson , James Fletcher Thompson, LLC; all of Spartanburg, for Petitioner.

Andrew F. Lindemann and Joel Steve Hughes , Lindemann, Davis & Hughes, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Kenneth and Angela Hensley filed this lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Social Services on behalf of their adopted minor child BLH and a class of approximately 4000 similarly situated adopted children. The central allegation of the lawsuit is that DSS breached an Adoption Subsidy Agreement with the parents of each member...

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