SOUTH CAROLINA DSS v. WISEMAN

Opinion No. 5626.

426 S.C. 70 (2019)

825 S.E.2d 74

SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent, v. James WISEMAN and Judy Wiseman, Appellants. In the Interest of a Minor Under the Age of Eighteen.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed February 13, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Tinkler and William P. Tinkler , both of Law Office of Paul E. Tinkler, of Charleston; and Stephen Gordon Dey , of Dey Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants.

Scarlet Bell Moore , of Greenville, for Respondent.

Jessica Lynn Means , of Hall & Means, LLC, of Charleston, for the Guardian ad Litem.


Pursuant to an investigation of minor child's (Minor's) allegations of abuse and neglect by her adoptive parents, the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) brought an action against James (Father) and Judy (Mother) Wiseman (collectively, the Wisemans), seeking findings of excessive corporal punishment and abandonment.

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