SCDSS v. Johnson-Allison

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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.

Kesha Danielle Johnson-Allison and Jim T. Allison,
Defendants,

Of whom Kesha Danielle Johnson-Allison is the
Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000659

Appeal From Spartanburg County
M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-009
Submitted December 20, 2022 – Filed January 3, 2023

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.
Jennifer Dunaway Moore, of Anderson & Moore, LLC,
of Spartanburg, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

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

Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of
Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor
children.

PER CURIAM: Kesha Danielle Johnson-Allison appeals the family court's final
order finding she physically and medically neglected her minor children
(Children), finding she placed Children at a substantial risk of physical abuse, and
terminating her parental rights to Children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-20(6)(a)(i),
(iii) (Supp. 2022); 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 Johnson-Allison's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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