Case Name: In the Interest of LORENZO B., a minor under the age of seventeen, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1992-03-12
Citations: 307 S.C. 439
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Interest of LORENZO B., a minor under the age of seventeen, Appellant.
Judges: Chandler, J., not participating.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 307
Pages: 439–439

Head Matter:
In the Interest of LORENZO B., a minor under the age of seventeen, Appellant.
(415 S.E. (2d) 795)
Supreme Court
March 12, 1992.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellant was adjudicated delinquent by the family court. Prior to the dispositional hearing, appellant filed this appeal. The family court has continued the dispositional hearing pending the resolution of this appeal.
An order adjudicating a juvenile to be a delinquent is not immediately appealable. Instead, an appeal may only be taken after the imposition of final judgment at the dispositional hearing. Ex parte Murray, 261 S.C. 255, 199 S.E. (2d) 718 (1973). Accordingly, this appeal is premature and is dismissed without prejudice to appellant's right to appeal from the final order of the family court following the dispositional hearing.
It is so ordered.
Chandler, J., not participating.