SCDSS v. Leron T. Abney

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.

Kaitlyn Morris Abney and Leron Tony Abney,
Defendants,

Of whom Leron Tony Abney is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000453

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-314
Submitted September 13, 2023 – Filed September 15, 2023

AFFIRMED

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

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, and Ashley P Case, of
Fountain Inn, both for Respondent.
Sean Joseph Hinton, of Acker Lambert Hinton, P.A., of
Pickens, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Leron Tony Abney 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 Abney's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.

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