SCDSS v. Wright

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.

Tiffany Wright and Duane Geiger, Defendants,

Of whom Tiffany Wright is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2023-000793

Appeal From Lexington County
Huntley S. Crouch, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-080
Submitted March 13, 2024 – Filed March 15, 2024

AFFIRMED

Benjamin Reynolds Elliott, of Stevens B. Elliott,
Attorney At Law, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Shannon Matthews Chandler, of Law Ofc. Of Shannon
D. Matthews, LLC, of Columbia, as the Guardian ad
Litem for Appellant.
Becky M. Farmer, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Thomas M. Neal, III, of Law Offices of Thomas M. Neal,
III, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem for the Child.

PER CURIAM: Tiffany Wright appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2023). 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 Wright's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

GEATHERS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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