Case Name: Dr. Mary HAMMOND, Respondent v. PICKENS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Ralph Miller, Connie Miller, and minors Doshia Miller and Billy Miller, minors under age 14 years, Defendants, of whom Ralph Miller and Connie Miller are Petitioners
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1994-05-09
Citations: 314 S.C. 312
Docket Number: 24064
Parties: Dr. Mary HAMMOND, Respondent v. PICKENS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Ralph Miller, Connie Miller, and minors Doshia Miller and Billy Miller, minors under age 14 years, Defendants, of whom Ralph Miller and Connie Miller are Petitioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 314
Pages: 312–312

Head Matter:
24064
Dr. Mary HAMMOND, Respondent v. PICKENS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Ralph Miller, Connie Miller, and minors Doshia Miller and Billy Miller, minors under age 14 years, Defendants, of whom Ralph Miller and Connie Miller are Petitioners.
(443 S.E. (2d) 913)
Supreme Court
Thomas L. Bruce, of Legal Services Agency of Western Carolina, Inc., Greenville, for petitioners.
J. Redmond Coyle; and R. Murphy Hughes, Biokens, for respondent.
James Seigler, Columbia, for Pickens County Dept, of Social Services.
Cheryl Aaron, Clemson, Guardian ad Litem, for children.
Heard April 7, 1994.
Decided May 9, 1994.

Opinion:
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
Per Curiam:
We granted the petition for writ of certiorari, to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Hammond v. Pickens County Department of Social Services, Op. No. 93-UP-022 (S.C. Ct. App. filed January 28, 1993). After careful consideration, we hereby dismiss the petition for certiorari as improvidently granted.