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· 3/20/1985

Chavis v. Witt

Citations

  • 328 S.E.2d 74
  • 285 S.C. 77
  • 1985 S.C. LEXIS 354

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • parent’s consent to adoption terminates grandparents’ visitation rights, but parent’s death before adoption does not
  • parent's consent to adoption terminates grandparents' visitation rights, but parent's death before adoption does not
  • “[W]hen a parent dies, the relationship of the grandparents to the child of the deceased person is not obliterated.”

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Judges: Littlejohn, Ness, Harwell, Chandler, Gregory

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