SCDSS v. Yakima Dennis

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.

Yakima Dennis, Johnny Butler, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Yakima Dennis is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-000574

Appeal From Greenville County
Katherine H. Tiffany, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-037
Submitted January 27, 2025 – Filed January 27, 2025

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Amanda Stiles, 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.

PER CURIAM: Yakima Dennis appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Dennis's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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