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S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Hutto-Spires

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 24, 2024
No. 2024-UP-280 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 24, 2024)

Opinion

2024-UP-280 Appellate Case 2024-000223

07-24-2024

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tabitha Hutto-Spires and Cecil Spires, Defendants, Of whom Tabitha Hutto-Spires is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook, LLC, of Aiken, for Appellant. Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent. Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance & McCants, of Aiken, 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 19, 2024

Appeal From Aiken County Angela W. Abstance, Family Court Judge

Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook, LLC, of Aiken, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance & McCants, of Aiken, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Tabitha Hutto-Spires appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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.

AFFIRMED.

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

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Hutto-Spires

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 24, 2024
No. 2024-UP-280 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 24, 2024)
Case details for

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Hutto-Spires

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 24, 2024

Citations

No. 2024-UP-280 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 24, 2024)