SCDSS v. Jake Wethington

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.
Amanda Lynn Delk and Jake Wethington, Defendants,
of whom Jake Wethington is the Appellant.
In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2026-000243
Appeal From Lexington County
Huntley S. Crouch, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-454
Submitted October 8, 2026 – Filed October 15, 2026
AFFIRMED
Lyn Howell Hensel, of Law Office of Lyn Howell
Hensel, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Jordan Alexander McWilliams, of the South Carolina
Department of Social Services, of Lexington, for
Respondent.

Machelle Yvonne Thompson, of Thompson & Sete'fano,
LLC, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Jake Wethington appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570
(Supp. 2025). 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 Wethington's counsel.
AFFIRMED.1
GEATHERS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.
1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.