COLUMBIA (AP) — The Department of Social Services failed to properly investigate allegation of child abuse and the deaths of children in South Carolina, according to an audit released Friday. The Legislative Audit Council’s report also found that caseloads in ...

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The City of Charleston is joining with child protection groups in dedicating a small park in the South Carolina city’s historic district. Mayor Joe Riley joins representatives of the Lowcountry Children’s Center and the Children’s Trust ...

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One family law attorney called the case “the most severe and freakish thing here in a long time.”

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Richardson v. State (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-030-14, 6 pp.) (John C. Few, C.J.) Appealed from Kershaw County PCR Court (L. Casey Manning, Trial Ct. J.) (G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., PCR J.) S.C. App. Holding: In this appeal from an order ...

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State v. Palmer (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-015-14, 15 pp.) (John C. Few, Ch.J.) (Daniel F. Pieper, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Horry County Circuit Court (Larry B. Hyman Jr., J.) S.C. App. http://www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/COA/5198.pdf Holding: Where ...

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South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Pringle The only substantive evidence that the (divorced) defendant-father sexually abused his daughters came in the form of hearsay from a forensic interviewer, who does not fall within any of the categories set out in S.C. Code Ann. § 19-1-180(G). The videotaped statements made by the non-testifying children to the forensic interviewer were erroneously admitted, and they prejudiced the father.

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Richland County deputies say a 4-year-old boy has died after he was beaten and abused by his parents.

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South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Jennifer M. : Since the defendant-mother did not know she was pregnant, the family court erred in ruling that she abused or neglected her unborn child when she used drugs during the pregnancy. We reverse the finding of abuse and/or neglect and the order that the mother’s name be entered into the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect.

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The mother of a middle school student who was being suspended has been arrested after deputies say she walked into the school and slapped the wrong child.

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Authorities say a 23-year-old Hanahan man threw his 5-month-old son to the ground because he wouldn't stop crying, then waited two days before getting the boy medical help.

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