In Re Shaquille O'Neal B.

385 S.C. 243 (2009)

684 S.E.2d 549

In the Matter of SHAQUILLE O'NEAL B., a Minor under the Age of Seventeen,[1] Appellant.

No. 26734.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 12, 2009.

Heard November 6, 2008.

Hemphill P. Pride, II, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry D. McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BEATTY.

Shaquille O'Neal B. (Appellant), a minor under the age of seventeen at the time of this proceeding in the family court, sought to remove his name from the South…