SCDSS v. Christy Knight

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.

Scott Duncan and Christy Knight, Defendants,

of whom Christy Knight is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000495

Appeal From Lancaster County
Debra A. Matthews, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-047
Submitted February 1, 2023 – Filed February 2, 2023

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Angela Michelle Killian, of Lancaster, for Respondent.
Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Christy Knight appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her 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 Knight's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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