SCDSS v. Michele Lynne Knight

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.

Michelle Lynne Knight, Aaron Holtan, and James
DeJesus, Defendants,

Of Whom Michelle Lynne Knight is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-001818

Appeal From Lexington County
Robert E. Newton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-308
Submitted August 21, 2023 – Filed September 5, 2023

AFFIRMED

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

Kathryn J. Walsh, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Brett Lamb Stevens, of Stevens Law, LLC, of Columbia,
for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Michelle Lynne Knight appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2022). 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 Knight's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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