SCDSS v. Jackson

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services,
Respondent,

v.

Denise Hogan, Katrina Massey, and Michael Jackson,
Defendants,

Of Whom Michael Jackson is the Appellant.

In the interest of minor children under the age of
eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001676

Appeal From Charleston County
Daniel E. Martin, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-329
Heard July 23, 2014 – Filed September 3, 2014

REVERSED AND REMANDED

Mark L. Archer, of Archer Law Office, PA, of Mount
Pleasant, for Appellant.
Wolfgang Louis Kelly, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

Joshua Keith Roten, of Charleston, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: For the reasons set forth in South Carolina Department of Social
Services v. Hogan, Op. No. 5269 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Sept. 3, 2014), the
permanency planning order is reversed and remanded. The family court shall hold
a merits hearing on the underlying removal action within thirty-five days of the
remittitur.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.