SCDSS v. Allison

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.

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 Jim T. Allison is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000594

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-008
Submitted December 20, 2022 – Filed January 3, 2023

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Alex Kinlaw, III, of Greenville, 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: Jim T. Allison appeals the family court's final order finding he
physically and medically neglected his minor children (Children), finding he
placed Children at a substantial risk of physical abuse, and terminating his 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
Allison's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

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

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