South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Meek

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• holding that notwithstanding statutory deadlines for scheduling and completing merits hearings in abuse and neglect cases, \nothing purports to remove jurisdiction over [an] abuse and neglect case if the hearing is not held within these time limits\
• finding failure to comply with statutory requirements did not divest the family court of subject matter jurisdiction
• \Subject matter jurisdiction is the power of a court to hear and determine cases of the general class to which the proceedings in question belong.\ (quoting Pierce v. State, 338 S.C. 139, 150, 526 S.E.2d 222, 227 (2000))

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