SCDSS v. Morgan Thacker

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: June 20, 2025
• Docket: 2024-001826
• Status: Unpublished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.

Morgan Thacker, Nathaniel Green, and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Morgan Thacker is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-001826

Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-201 Submitted May 27, 2025 – Filed June 20, 2025

AFFIRMED

Adam Gabriel Touma, of Greenville; and Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, both for Appellant.

Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent. Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Morgan Thacker appeals the family court's final order finding she physically abused and physically neglected her minor child (Child) and terminating her parental rights to Child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660(E) (2010) (setting forth findings a family court must make when removing a child from the custody of a parent); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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 rulings and relieve Thacker's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

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

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