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

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

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 20, 2023

No. 2023-UP-409 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 20, 2023)

Opinion

2023-UP-409 Appellate 2022-000800

12-20-2023

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Michael Richter and Emily Segars (Poling), Defendants, v. Julie Blalock, Intervenor/Respondent Of whom Emily Segars (Poling) is the Appellant and Michael Richter is a Respondent. In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook, LLC, of Aiken, for Appellant. Betsy Buchanan Tanner, of Betsy Tanner, LLC, of Fountain Inn, for Respondent/Intervenor. Nathan James Sheldon, of The Law Office of Nathan J. Sheldon, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Respondent Michael Richter. R. Chadwick Smith, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services. Mary Christine Hardee, of South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

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 December 8, 2023.

Appeal From York County, Thomas Henry White, IV, Family Court Judge.

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

Betsy Buchanan Tanner, of Betsy Tanner, LLC, of Fountain Inn, for Respondent/Intervenor.

Nathan James Sheldon, of The Law Office of Nathan J. Sheldon, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Respondent Michael Richter.

R. Chadwick Smith, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Mary Christine Hardee, of South Carolina Department of Children's Advocacy, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Emily Segars (Poling) appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her 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.

AFFIRMED. ¹

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

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