Plyler v. Burns

Chief Justice TOAL:

This is an appeal from a grant of a motion to dismiss a cause of action brought by a beneficiary of a conservatorship against a county probate court. We affirm.

Factual/Procedural Background

In December 1992, Appellant Chandler Plyler’s (“Plyler”) mother died as a result of complications from surgery. Plyler was fourteen years old at the time of her mother’s death. Because Plyler was a minor, the Horry County Probate Court (“HCPC”) established a conservatorship to protect Plyler’s interests in the estate benefits she received as a result of her mother’s death. HCPC appointed…