SCDSS v. Lowe

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 Russell Davis, Jr., is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2020-000544

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-303
Submitted October 23, 2020 – Filed November 5, 2020

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.
Dustin Christian Davis, of Dustin C. Davis, Attorney at
Law, LLC, 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: Russell Davis, Jr. appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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.