SCDSS v. Hoskins

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.

Megan Chateedah Autry and James Allen Hoskins,
Defendants,

Of whom James Allen Hoskins is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-002096

Appeal From Darlington County
Timothy H. Pogue, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-300
Submitted August 12, 2025 – Filed August 22, 2025

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Hailey Powers Turnblad, of Evans & Turnblad, LLC, of
Florence, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Tiffany Brooke Allen, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Hartsville, for Respondent.

Stuart Wesley Snow, Jr., of Snow & Bailey Law Firm,
P.A., of Florence, for the Guardian ad Litem for the
minor child.

PER CURIAM: James Allen Hoskins 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 Hoskins's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and THOMAS and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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