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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 22, 2024
No. 2024-UP-395 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2024)

Opinion

2024-UP-395 Appellate Case 2024-000296

11-22-2024

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Crystal Lee Endsley and William Brice Endsley (deceased), Defendants, Of whom Crystal Lee Endsley is the Appellant. In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant. Kimberly L.B. Simmons, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent. Thomas M. Neal, III, of Law Offices of Thomas M. Neal, III, 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 November 14, 2024

Appeal From Kershaw County C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., Family Court Judge

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

Kimberly L.B. Simmons, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Thomas M. Neal, III, of Law Offices of Thomas M. Neal, III, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

Crystal Lee Endsley appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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 Endsley's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

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


Summaries of

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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 22, 2024
No. 2024-UP-395 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2024)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Nov 22, 2024

Citations

No. 2024-UP-395 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 22, 2024)