SCDSS v,. Amy Collins

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.

Amy Collins, Reynaldo Marroquin, and Fred Stewart,
Defendants,

of whom Amy Collins is the Appellant

and

Reynaldo Marroquin and Fred Stewart are Respondents.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000521

Appeal From Anderson County
Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-352
Submitted October 14, 2025 – Filed October 16, 2025

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Respondent Fred Stewart.

Nima Fiuzat, of Easley, for Respondent Reynaldo
Marroquin.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly Welchel Pease,
Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Amy Collins appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2025). 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 Collins's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD, HEWITT, and TURNER, JJ., concur.

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