South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, and Sherry Powers, Edward Anthony Dalsing and Tammy Gaye…

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, reinstating the family court’s order granting adoption to the foster parents and terminating the father’s parental rights. It held that clear and convincing evidence showed the father abandoned the child and willfully failed to visit, that termination was in the child’s best interest, and that the foster parents had statutory standing to bring a private adoption action.