In the Interest of Bryson W. ( 2014 )

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
In the Interest of Bryson W., a Juvenile Under the Age of
Seventeen, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2012-212610
Appeal From Greenwood County
Brian M. Gibbons, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-004
Submitted November 1, 2013 – Filed January 8, 2014
APPEAL DISMISSED
Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for
Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of
Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Dismissed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Byrd v. Irmo High Sch., 321 S.C. 426, 431, 468 S.E.2d 861, 864
(1996) ("This [c]ourt will not pass on moot and academic questions or make an
adjudication where there remains no actual controversy."); id. ("'A case becomes
moot when judgment, if rendered, will have no practical legal effect upon an
existing controversy.'" (quoting Mathis v. S.C. State Highway Dep't, 260 S.C. 344,
346, 195 S.E.2d 713, 715 (1973))); Sloan v. Friends of Hunley, Inc., 369 S.C. 20,
26-27, 630 S.E.2d 474, 478 (2006) (noting even if an issue is moot, the court may
address it when the issue is capable of repetition, yet evading review, but adding
"the action must be one which truly evade[s] review").
APPEAL DISMISSED.1
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.