Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Placement – Out-of-State Relative – ICPC – Insufficient Findings

Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Placement – Out-of-State Relative – ICPC – Insufficient Findings (access required)

In re V.A. Where the juvenile’s great-grandmother in South Carolina had not been approved for placement by South Carolina authorities, the trial court violated the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children by placing the juvenile with the great-grandmother.

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