SCDSS v. Sharell S. Cates

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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.

Sharell Sharvon Cates, Dale Antonio Hodges, Jr., Scott
Randolph Dudley, and John Doe, Defendants,

of whom Sharell Sharvon Cates is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000680

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-311
Submitted September 4, 2025 – Filed September 8, 2025

AFFIRMED

Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Kathryn J. Walsh, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Mary Christine Hardee, of the South Carolina
Department of Children's Advocacy, of Columbia, for the
Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sharell Shavon Cates appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. 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 Cates'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.