SCDSS v. Skylee Pinckney

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.

Skylee Pinckney, Michael Major, and Brian Welton,
Defendants.

Intervening Parties:
Catherine and Jonathan Leeke

and

Catherine Wylly Leeke and Jonathan Scott Leeke,
Respondents,

v.

Skylee Pinckney, Michael Major, Brian Welton and
South Carolina Department of Social Services,
Defendants.

Of whom Skylee Pinckney is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000269

Appeal From Colleton County
Deborah A. Malphrus, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-092
Submitted March 13, 2024 – Filed March 21, 2024

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Alyson Sue Rucker, both of The
Rucker Law Firm, of Greenville, and Kirkley Gibson
White, of Copeland, Stair, Valz & Lovell, LLP, of
Charleston, all for Appellant.

James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law
Group LLC, of Spartanburg, for Respondents Catherine
Wylly Leeke and Johnathan Scott Leeke.

Stacey L. Kaufman, of Summerville, for Respondent
South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Riley Augustus Bradham, of Bradham Law Firm, of
Charleston, for Guardian ad Litem Shateque Hacker.

Tina W. Dixon, of North Charleston, as Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Skylee Pinckney appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her two minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). 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.

AFFIRMED. 1

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
GEATHERS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.