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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Oct 20, 2023
No. 2023-UP-336 (S.C. Ct. App. Oct. 20, 2023)

Opinion

2023-UP-336 Appellate Case 2023-000717

10-20-2023

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tiffany Carter and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Tiffany Carter is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant. Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of Rock Hill, and Angela Michelle Killian, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lancaster, both for Respondent. Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, 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 October 19, 2023

Appeal From Lancaster County Debra A. Matthews, Family Court Judge

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant.

Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of Rock Hill, and Angela Michelle Killian, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lancaster, both for Respondent.

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Tiffany Carter appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2022). 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 Carter's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J, concur


Summaries of

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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Oct 20, 2023
No. 2023-UP-336 (S.C. Ct. App. Oct. 20, 2023)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Oct 20, 2023

Citations

No. 2023-UP-336 (S.C. Ct. App. Oct. 20, 2023)