Christie L. Richitelli v. Scott S. Vaughn

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: October 27, 2025
• Docket: 2025-000693
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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

Christie Lynn Richitelli, Respondent

v.

Scott Schanen Vaughn, and Minor Girl Adoptee,

of whom Scott Schanen Vaughn is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2025-000693

Appeal From Greenwood County Joseph C. Smithdeal, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-363 Submitted October 23, 2025 – Filed October 27, 2025

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant.

Curtis G. Clark, of A Business Law Firm, and Clarence Rauch Wise, both of Greenwood, for Respondent.

Michelle Duncan Powers, of Powers Law, LLC, of Greenwood, as the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Scott Schanen Vaughn appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child (Child) and granting Child's adoption by Christie Lynn Richitelli. 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 Vaughn's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and VINSON and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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