Brown v. DeLapp

REIF, V.C.J.,

dissenting:

¶ 1 I respectfully dissent to the denial of the application to assume original jurisdiction and the vacation of the emergency stay.

¶ 2 Unwed father Dusten Brown and the Cherokee Nation ask this Court to assume original jurisdiction and to deny full faith and credit to a South Carolina adoption decree. This decree allowed the adoption of Mr. Brown's daughter, Veronica, without his consent and over the objection of the Cherokee Nation. The adoption decree is the culmination of protracted litigation between Mr. Brown and the Cherokee Nation on the one hand, and the…