SCDSS v. Colie Dawkins

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.

Colie Dee Dawkins, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001215

Appeal From Newberry County
Matthew P. Turner, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-188
Submitted March 2, 2026 – Filed April 29, 2026

AFFIRMED

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

Sarah Marie Coldiron, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Colie Dee Dawkins appeals the family court's final order
entering his name in the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect. See S.C.
Code Ann. § 63-7-1930 (2010). 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 KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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