SCDSS v. Jackson

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.

Shadamia D. Jackson, Robert C. Grice, Olivia Grier, and
Catawba Indian Nation, Defendants,

Of whom Shadamia D. Jackson is the Appellant

and

Robert C. Grice, Olivia Grier, and Catawba Indian
Nation are Respondents.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-000543

Appeal From York County
David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-321
Submitted November 20, 2020 – Filed November 23, 2020

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.
R. Chadwick Smith, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Respondent Robert C. Grice.

Dione Cherie Carroll, of Carroll Law Offices, PA, of
Aiken; and Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices
LLC, of Fort Mill, for Respondent Catawba Indian
Nation.

Olivia Grier, of Rock Hill, pro se.

Rebecca T. McNerney, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, for
the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Shadamia D. Jackson appeals the family court's order placing
custody of her minor children with Robert C. Grice and allowing the Department
of Social Services to close its case. 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
Jackson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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