Legal Opinion
Hooper v. Rockwell
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided February 22, 1999No. 24907PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLER, Justice:
Amy Suttles Rockwell (appellant) appeals the decision of the family court to terminate her parental rights in three of her children and allow Kim D. Hooper and Beverly G. Hooper (the Hoopers) to adopt the children. We affirm the judgment of the family court.
FACTS
Law enforcement officers, acting under S.C.Code Ann. § 20-7-610 (Supp.1997), took Anthony Suttles, age seven, into emergency protective custody in April 1991. The officers, responding to a call from Anthony’s grandmother, found, Anthony frightened and dripping wet with bruises about his face and neck. Anthony told the…
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