Timmerman v. Brown

Gregory, Justice:

Brown appeals from an order of the family court making him pay medical expenses incurred by his daughter. At issue is whether the daughter was emancipated. Finding she was, we reverse.

Barbara Brown lived with her father near Greenwood, South Carolina, until August of 1974. Brown paid the tuition and fees for her to enroll as a boarding student at Lander College in the fall of 1974, but she dropped out before the end of the semester. She announced to her father, both orally and by letter, that she did not intend to return to his home and was going to make her own way. Brown…