Spartanburg County Department of Social Services v. Padgett

Karen K. Rogers, an Assistant Solicitor for the Seventh Judicial Circuit, appeals the Order of a Family Court Judge, the Honorable L. Mendel Rivers, holding her in contempt of court for underestimating the time she would need to try a case.

*81Attorney Rogers requested one hour to try a child abuse case. Mrs. Rogers presented four witnesses. The defendants’ attorney, who was retained the day before the hearing, did not present any witnesses. The case concluded thirty minutes past the hour requested by Mrs. Rogers.

Prior to these proceedings, Judge Thomas E. Foster, then Chief Administrative Judge…