SCDSS v. Enoch J. Forte

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.

Victoria Lace Sprinter Forte a/k/a Victoria Lace Deems,
Joseph Gerald Slonski, and Enoch Joshua Forte,
Defendants,

Of whom Enoch Joshua Forte is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001915

Appeal From Abbeville County
Matthew P. Turner, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-267
Submitted July 17, 2024 – Filed July 18, 2024

AFFIRMED

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Enoch Joshua Forte appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his 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 and relieve Forte's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and THOMAS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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