SCDSS v. Irick

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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.

Kayla M. Irick and Brian P. Waddell, Defendants,

Of whom Kayla M. Irick is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-001307

Appeal From Orangeburg County
Gerald C. Smoak, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-060
Submitted February 11, 2025 – Filed February 18, 2025

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Sally C. Dey, of South Carolina Department of Social
Services, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Orangeburg, for the Guardian
ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Kayla M. Irick 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.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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