SWAIN v. BOLLINGER

Opinion No. 28078.

435 S.C. 280 (2022)

866 S.E.2d 923

Reginald V. SWAIN, Petitioner, v. Daniel Allen BOLLINGER and Jane Doe, a minor under the age of eighteen, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed January 5, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Hawthorne Merrill , of Hawthorne Merrill Law, LLC, of Greenwood, and Scarlet Bell Moore , of Greenville, both for Petitioner.

Heather Vry Scalzo , of Byford & Scalzo, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.

James Fletcher Thompson , of Thompson Dove Law Group, LLC, of Spartanburg, Amicus Curiae for Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys, Inc.


Petitioner Reginald Swain (Grandfather) appeals the denial of a request to terminate a father's parental rights and to adopt the child. The family court determined Grandfather proved a statutory ground for TPR, but concluded TPR and adoption would not be in the child's best interests because the child was already in a stable custody...

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