SCDSS v. Scott Duncan

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.

Scott Duncan and Christy Knight, Defendants,

of whom Scott Duncan is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000488

Appeal From Lancaster County
Debra A. Matthews, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-048
Submitted February 1, 2023 – Filed February 2, 2023

AFFIRMED

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Offit Kurman, of Spartanburg, for
Appellant.

Angela Michelle Killian, of Lancaster, for Respondent.
Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Scott Duncan 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 Duncan's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

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

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