South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Deglman

OPINION

Harwell, Justice:

Robert Deglman (father) assigned his child support rights to his employer, South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS). DSS brought this action to establish a support obligation on the part of Iva Deglman (mother) for her sixteen year old daughter. The family court judge dismissed the action. On appeal the Court of Appeals affirmed and awarded double costs to mother. South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Deglman, 288 S. C. 149, 341 S. E. (2d) 638 (Ct. App. 1986). We granted DSS’s petition for Writ of Certiorari.

Father and mother were divorced in 1978.…