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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Feb 2, 2023
No. 2023-UP-047 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 2, 2023)

Opinion

2023-UP-047 Appellate Case 2022-000495

02-02-2023

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Scott Duncan and Christy Knight, Defendants, of whom Christy Knight is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Angela Michelle Killian, of Lancaster, for Respondent. Susan Margaret Johnston, 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 February 1, 2023

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

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Angela Michelle Killian, of Lancaster, for Respondent.

Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Christy Knight appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Knight'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. Duncan

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Feb 2, 2023
No. 2023-UP-047 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 2, 2023)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Feb 2, 2023

Citations

No. 2023-UP-047 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 2, 2023)