John Doe v. Joseph A. Hutto

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

John Doe, Respondent,

v.

Joseph Andrew Hutto, Jane Doe, and Baby Doe, a minor
under the age of fourteen (14) years, Defendants,

Of whom Joseph Andrew Hutto is the Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001178

Appeal From Greenville County
W. Marsh Robertson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-418
Submitted November 18, 2022 – Filed November 21, 2022

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Paul C. MacPhail, of MacPhail Law Firm, LLC, of
Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, as Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Joseph Andrew Hutto appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See 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 Hutto's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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