SCDSS v. Victor Smith, Jr.

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.

Jenae Taniesha Wiggins and Victor Jerome Smith, Sr.,
Defendants,

Of whom Victor Jerome Smith, Sr. is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001763

Appeal From Richland County
Gwendlyne Y. Jones, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-141
Submitted April 15, 2025 – Filed April 22, 2025

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Becky M. Millholland, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Angela L. Kohel, of Richland County CASA, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Victor Jerome Smith, Sr. appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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

THOMAS, HEWITT, and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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