Tag: Greenville County

Guardianship in South Carolina is a state sponsored Dept of Disabilities and Special Needs (DDSN) and state Bar insider affair. All adult guardianship records are sealed and only first order family members who can find and afford an honest attorney can be assured of seeing pleadings. Most hearings are closed. Oversight or independent investigations nearly impossible to obtain. The state actively encourages parents of disabled children to place them under guardianship as soon as they turn 18 as the Medicaid Waivers stipends are valued resources for the state. Brenda Bryant, 66 is the mother of vulnerable adult Stephanie Bryant, 47. Stephanie was born in 1973 and never developed mentally beyond a first grade level. Brenda and her husband Rickey have been devoted to each other and Stephanie for over 47 years. As Stephanie approached 18 and was still enrolled in high school, DDSN requested Brenda place her in a group home as they claimed Stephanie would no longer benefit from secondary education. When Brenda refused the state took Stephanie from school in late October 1991, as she turned 18 and placed Stephanie in isolation in an unknown location. Three months later Brenda and Rickey were finally allowed contact with their daughter. She reported she was being abused and sexually harassed and fondled at Babcock Center, a 501(c)(3) adult day care and group home, near Columbia. The “professionals” in charge of Stephanie refused to investigate. On August 30, 1995 Stephanie was coerced to leave the facility by two men under the auspices of a rescue. She was taken to a nearby home, assaulted and raped and returned to the facility the following day. Stephanie was able to find a phone and call Brenda to report the incident. With Brenda’s demands and… Read More