SCDSS v. Kayla Cooper

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.

Kayla Cooper, Matthew C. Felker, Donna Felker, and
William Felker, Defendants,

Of whom Kayla Cooper is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2025-000539

Appeal From Newberry County
Usha J. Bridges, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-401
Submitted December 3, 2025 – Filed December 4, 2025

AFFIRMED

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

Ashley P. Case, of Fountain Inn, for Respondent.
David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kayla Cooper appeals the family court's order granting custody
of her minor child to Donna and William Felker. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660
(2010 & Supp. 2025). 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 Cooper'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.