SCDSS v. Damon Pace

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: September 30, 2024
• Docket: 2024-000133
• Status: Unpublished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

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Devonie Pike and Damon Pace, Defendants,

Of whom Damon Pace is the Appellant.

In the Interest of a Minor Under the Age of Eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-000133

Appeal From Spartanburg County M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-329 Submitted September 25, 2024 – Filed September 30, 2024

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

John Brandt Rucker, of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Deborah M. Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Griffith Family Law Firm, PC, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Damon Pace 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 and relieve Pace's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

THOMAS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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