Rhodes v. Palmetto Pathway Homes, Inc.

Finney, Justice:

Appellant Palmetto Pathway Homes, Inc., appeals from a circuit court order permanently enjoining it from establishing a group residence for mentally impaired adults on property owned by the appellant and located in a subdivision subject to restrictive covenants. We reverse.

Respondent Frances Fulmer Rhodes owns property in the subdivision where appellant, a nonprofit corporation, intended to operate the group residence. Respondent instituted this action for a permanent injunction, alleging that appellant’s use of the property as a home for unrelated mentally impaired adults was…