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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 18, 2024
No. 2024-UP-267 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)

Opinion

2024-UP-267 Appellate Case 2023-001915

07-18-2024

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Victoria Lace Sprinter Forte a/k/a Victoria Lace Deems, Joseph Gerald Slonski, and Enoch Joshua Forte, Defendants, Of whom Enoch Joshua Forte is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of Greenville, for Appellant. Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, 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 17, 2024

Appeal From Abbeville County Matthew P. Turner, Family Court Judge.

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Enoch Joshua Forte 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 Forte's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

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


Summaries of

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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 18, 2024
No. 2024-UP-267 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 18, 2024

Citations

No. 2024-UP-267 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 18, 2024)