Hagy v. Pruitt

HUFF, Judge:

This action was brought by respondent, Misty Dawn Hagy, to set aside the adoption of her infant daughter, Elizabeth Dawn Pruitt, by Misty’s father and stepmother, Donald and Ann Pruitt. The family court judge set aside the adoption and Donald and Ann appeal. We reverse.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1990, fifteen year old Misty Dawn Pruitt became pregnant while living with her mother, Linda Sue Pauley, in Virginia. She told her father, Don Pruitt, about her situation, and he invited her to live with him and his wife, Ann, in Myrtle Beach. Misty moved to his house with the…