SCDSS v. Dakota Vanover

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.

Amber Raper, Dakota Vanover, John Hill, and Eric
Brown, Defendants,

Of whom Dakota Vanover is the Appellant

and Amber Raper, John Hill, and Eric Brown are
Respondents.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000958

Appeal From York County
David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-026
Submitted January 8, 2024 – Filed January 17, 2024

AFFIRMED

Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook,
LLC, of Aiken, for Appellant.
Matthew Niemiec, of The Law Offices of Matthew R.
Niemiec, LLC, of Lake Wylie, for Respondent John Hill.

Brandi Lekita Small and Wendy Marlenea Bowen, both
of Columbia, for Respondent Amber Raper.

Larita Yusuf, of Gastonia, North Carolina, for
Respondent Eric Brown.

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

Justin Montgomery, of Sumter, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Dakota Vanover appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his 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

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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