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S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Tate

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Sep 14, 2022
No. 2022-UP-356 (S.C. Ct. App. Sep. 14, 2022)

Opinion

2022-UP-356 Appellate Case 2022-000091

09-14-2022

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tenisha Tate and Nathan Howie, Defendants, Of whom Tenisha Tate is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Offit Kurman, of Spartanburg, for Appellant. Jacqueline A. Moss, of Law Firm of Jacqueline Moss, of Spartanburg, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent. Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.


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 September 7, 2022

Appeal From Cherokee County Kimaka Nichols-Graham, Family Court Judge

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Offit Kurman, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Jacqueline A. Moss, of Law Firm of Jacqueline Moss, of Spartanburg, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM.

Tenisha Tate appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Tate's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Tate

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Sep 14, 2022
No. 2022-UP-356 (S.C. Ct. App. Sep. 14, 2022)
Case details for

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Tate

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tenisha Tate…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Sep 14, 2022

Citations

No. 2022-UP-356 (S.C. Ct. App. Sep. 14, 2022)