South Carolina Department of Mental Health v. Hanna

Ness, Justice:

This appeal is from an order sustaining a demurrer to an action to remove Murdock Hanna as committee for Davis Hanna, and appoint a new committee. We reverse.

Davis Hanna was a patient in a State mental health facility from July 1917 until January 8th, 1974 when he was discharged to a Florence nursing home. Respondent Murdock Hanna, son of the patient, was appointed committee on November 1, 1955, and has continued to serve in that capacity until the present. Respondent has never filed an Inventory, Return or Accounting of the patient’s property despite repeated demands by the…