SCDSS v. Wiles

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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.

Brittany Pownall and Shaun W. Wiles, Defendants,

Of whom Shaun W. Wiles is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-000298

Appeal From Lexington County
Robert E. Newton, Family Court Judge,

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-299
Submitted August 21, 2024 – Filed August 29, 2024

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Lyn Howell Hensel, of Law Office of Lyn Howell
Hensel, of Columbia, as Guardian ad Litem for
Appellant.
Luke Taylor Moore, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Lexington, for Respondent.

Thomas M. Neal, III, of Law Offices of Thomas M. Neal,
III, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor
child.

PER CURIAM: Shaun W. Wiles appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. 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.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and MCDONALD and TURNER, JJ., concur.

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