Opinion

In the Interest of Lorenzo B.

1992 S.C. LEXIS 60 · Supreme Court of South Carolina · Mar 12, 1992

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In the Interest of LORENZO B., a minor under the age of seventeen

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.

Parentheticals

order adjudicating a juvenile to be delinquent is not immediately appealable; instead appeal may be taken after imposition of final judgment at dispositional hearing
Hooper v. Rockwell
an order adjudicating a juvenile delinquent is not appealable until imposition of final judgment at the dispositional hearing
State v. Isaac
"Instead, an appeal may only be taken after the imposition of final judgment at the dispositional hearing."
In the Interest of Zachary R. v. State
"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."
In the Interest of Joseph A. C.
"An order adjudicating a juvenile to be a delinquent is not immediately appealable."
In the Interest of Zachary R. v. State