SCDSS v. Irene Pedro

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.

Irene Pedro and Lavontay Pierson, Defendants,

of whom Irene Pedro is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000824

Appeal From Richland County
Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-315
Submitted September 2, 2025 – Filed September 11, 2025

AFFIRMED

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

Becky M. Milholland, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Cecelia Ann Clark-Donato, of Richland County CASA,
of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Irene Pedro appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2024). 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 Pedro's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

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

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