SCDSS v. Davis

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.

Justace A. Lowe, Russell Davis, Jr., Peggy Davis, and
John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Peggy Davis is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-000486

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-302
Submitted October 23, 2020 – Filed November 4, 2020

AFFIRMED

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

Vanessa Cason, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for
Appellant.
Amanda B. Stiles, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian
ad Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM: Peggy Davis appeals the family court's final order denying her
request for custody of her grandson and dismissing her as a party to the action. See
S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1700 (Supp. 2019) (providing the family court may order
relative placement as a permanent plan). 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
Davis's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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