Carpenter v. South Carolina Department of Social Services

In this appeal Anderson Dean Carpenter and Glenna Carpenter challenge the legality of the procedure by which the South Carolina Department of Social Services removed their daughter, Rodney Lynn, from their home. The removal proceeding was initiated at the request of Rodney Lynn, who was then 16 years of age. Finding that the issues have become moot, we dismiss the appeal.

The record discloses that Rodney Lynn reached 18 years of age in October 1981 during the pendency of this appeal. She is *168now sui juris and free from legal subjection to her parents. S. C. Const. art. XVII, § 14; 59 Am. Jur.…