Lowe v. Clayton

Lewis, Justice:

The appellant, natural mother of the minor respondent, Lisa Ann Clayton, seeks in this action to set aside a previous decree of the Family Court of Spartanburg County, under which the respondents, Linda L. and James E. Clayton, the half sister and brother-in-law, respectively, of appellant, were' allowed to adopt the minor respondent. The appeal is from an order of the Family Court granting, pursuant to Circuit Court Rule 44, respondent’s motion for summary judgment upon the ground, as alleged in the fourth defense of the answer, that the present action was barred, under the…