SCDSS v. Joseph Paschal

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.

Jamie Ard and Joseph Paschal, Defendants,

Of whom Joseph Paschal is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2023-000148

Appeal From Horry County
Melissa J. Buckhannon, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-211
Submitted April 25, 2023 – Filed May 23, 2023

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

William Evan Reynolds, of Kingstree, for Respondent.

Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA, of
Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Joseph Paschal appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). 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 Paschal's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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