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S.C. Dep't of Soc. Sec. v. Pilkinton

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 25, 2024
No. 2024-UP-282 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 25, 2024)

Opinion

2024-UP-282 Appellate Case 2024-000022

07-25-2024

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sadie Pilkinton and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Sadie Pilkinton is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent. Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, 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 July 19, 2024

Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge.

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Sadie Pilkinton appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-9-330 (2010). 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 Pilkinton's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Sec. v. Pilkinton

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 25, 2024
No. 2024-UP-282 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 25, 2024)
Case details for

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Sec. v. Pilkinton

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 25, 2024

Citations

No. 2024-UP-282 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 25, 2024)