Spartanburg County Department of Social Services v. Little

How courts have described this case

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• declining to address the appellant’s additional reasons for reversal when the first issue compelled reversal and was dispositive of the appeal
• finding section 20-7-420(38) (currently 63-3-530(38)), which gives the family court authority to award attorney’s fees against a party, is a statute of general authority that may be overridden by a more specific statute limiting the family court’s authority
• declining to award attorney’s fees against DSS in a child abuse and neglect case because “DSS often must act quickly and without thorough investigation to remove children who may have been abused or neglected from potentially dangerous situations”
• \We conclude that the award of attorney's fees against the State is inappropriate in child abuse and neglect actions. ...\
• \The legislature has granted the family court general authority to award attorney's fees against parties subject to the court's jurisdiction.\
• “We conclude that the award of attorney's fees against the State is inappropriate in child abuse and neglect actions.... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).