SCDSS v. Heather Knight

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CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services,
Respondent,

v.

Heather Knight, Randolph Burton, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Heather Knight is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000639

Appeal From Greenville County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-017
Submitted December 12, 2022 – Filed January 9, 2023

AFFIRMED

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

Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social
Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Heather Knight appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. 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. 1

WILLIAMS, C.J., THOMAS, J., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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