SCDSS v. Crystal C.

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.

Crystal C., Curtis S., Juliette D., and Ernest D.,
Defendants,

Of whom Crystal C. is the Appellant,

and Juliette D. and Ernest D. are Respondents.

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

Appellate Case No. 2013-001243

Appeal From Lexington County
Deborah Neese, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-100
Submitted February 7, 2014 – Filed March 4, 2014

AFFIRMED

William Thomas Causby, of Causby Law Firm, LLC, of
Irmo, for Appellant.
Shawn L. Reeves, of Law Office of Shawn L. Reeves,
LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents Ernest D. and
Juliette D.; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for
Respondent South Carolina Department of Social
Services.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Lewis v. Lewis, 392 S.C. 381, 384, 709 S.E.2d 650, 651 (2011) ("In
appeals from the family court, the appellate court has jurisdiction to find facts in
accordance with its view of the preponderance of the evidence. However, this
broad scope of review does not require this [c]ourt to disregard the findings of the
family court." (internal quotation marks omitted)); Chambers v. Anderson Cnty.
Dep't of Soc. Servs., 280 S.C. 209, 212, 311 S.E.2d 746, 747 (Ct. App. 1984)
(holding the family court did not err in denying a father's motion for a continuance
due to his "emotional inability to appear" because the father offered no expert
testimony or other evidence to support his statement).

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF and THOMAS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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