SCDSS v. Amber Raper

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.

Amber Raper, Dakota Vanover, John Hill, and Eric
Brown, Defendants,

Of whom Amber Raper is the Appellant

and Dakota Vanover, John Hill, and Eric Brown are
Respondents.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001015

Appeal From York County
David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-025
Submitted January 8, 2024 – Filed January 17, 2024

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Kindle Kay Johnson, of K. Johnson Law Firm, LLC, of
Rock Hill; and N. Beth Ramsey Faulkner, of Faulkner
Law Firm, LLC, of Clover, both for Respondent Dakota
Vanover.

Matthew Niemiec, of The Law Offices of Matthew R.
Niemiec, LLC, of Lake Wylie, for Respondent John Hill.

Larita Yusuf, of Gastonia, North Carolina, for
Respondent Eric Brown.

R. Chadwick Smith, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Justin Montgomery, of Sumter, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Amber Raper appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2023). 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 Raper's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

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

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