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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 18, 2024
No. 2024-UP-268 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)

Opinion

2024-UP-268 Appellate Case 2023-001949

07-18-2024

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Kimberly N. Amerson and Wayne Reiser, Defendants, Of whom Wayne Reiser is the Appellant. In the interests of minors under the age of 18.

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant. Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas, White, & Mitchell, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Steve Bernard Suchomski, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Sumter, for Respondent. John Stephen Keffer, of Keffer Law Firm, of Sumter, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor children.


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 17, 2024

Appeal From Lee County Ernest J. Jarrett, Family Court Judge

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas, White, & Mitchell, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Steve Bernard Suchomski, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Sumter, for Respondent.

John Stephen Keffer, of Keffer Law Firm, of Sumter, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor children.

PER CURIAM:

Wayne Reiser 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 Reiser's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and TURNER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 18, 2024
No. 2024-UP-268 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 18, 2024

Citations

No. 2024-UP-268 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)