Opinion
2024-UP-090 Appellate Case 2023-001787
03-18-2024
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Amanda Marie Molitor and Shawn Michael DeVault, Defendants, Of whom Shawn Michael DeVault is the Appellant. In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.
Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly R. Welchel, Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.
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.
Submitted March 7, 2024
Appeal From Anderson County David E. Phillips, Family Court Judge.
Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly R. Welchel, Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM.
Shawn Michael DeVault appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve DeVault's counsel.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.