Abercrombie v. LaBoon

Ness, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by (father) Abercrombie from an order of the family court which terminated his parental rights in his son Joshua. We affirm.

Father and (mother) LaBoon divorced in 1978, and mother was awarded custody of Joshua. Between 1978 and 1981, father paid very little child support, seldom visited Joshua, and sometimes secreted his whereabouts. When mother advised father’s family that she was remarrying and severing all ties with Joshua’s paternal family, father returned to South Carolina. He instituted an action against mother seeking enforcement of his visitation…