SCDSS v. Kelsey Lanza

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.

Kelsey Lanza, Adam Gartland, and Gerardo Lanza
Martinez, Defendants,

Of whom Kelsey Lanza is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-000209

Appeal From Greenville County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-290
Submitted July 26, 2024 – Filed July 29, 2024

AFFIRMED

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

Michael Stephen Gambrell, of Michael S. Gambrell,
LLC, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Richard Whitney Allen, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor
children.

PER CURIAM: Kelsey Lanza appeals the family court's removal order finding
she physically neglected her minor children and granting custody to the children's
fathers. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660(E) (2010) (setting forth findings a family
court must make when removing a child from the custody of a parent). 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 Lanza's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

GEATHERS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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