SCDSS v. Tara Pressley

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.

Steven Pressley and Tara Pressley a/k/a Tara Patterson,
Defendants,

Of whom Tara Pressley a/k/a Tara Patterson is the
Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-001333

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-114
Submitted March 9, 2023 – Filed March 16, 2023

AFFIRMED

Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of
Greenville, for Appellant.
Marianthe Kolokithas Richey, of South Carolina
Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for
Respondent.

Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tara Pressley appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). Upon a thorough review of Pressley's pro se response, 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
Pressley's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and GEATHERS and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

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