SCDSS v. Jonathan R. Washington

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.

Latifah Rana Wright and Jonathan Raheem Washington,
Defendants,

Of whom Jonathan Raheem Washington is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-001530

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-129
Submitted April 3, 2025 – Filed April 14, 2025

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

Kelly Ann Sansone-Galley, of South Carolina
Department of Social Services, of Myrtle Beach, for
Respondent.
Alexander Blovin Gerred, of Axelrod & Associates, P.A.,
of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jonathan Raheem Washington appeals the family court's final
order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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 Washington's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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