SCDSS v. Steven Pressley ( 2023 )

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.
Steven Pressley and Tara Pressley a/k/a Tara Patterson,
Defendants,
Of whom Steven Pressley is the Appellant.
In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2022-001334
Appeal From Greenville County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-115
Submitted March 9, 2023 – Filed March 16, 2023
AFFIRMED
Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of
Greenville, for Appellant.
Marianthe Kolokithas Richey, of South Carolina
Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for
Respondent.
Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Steven Pressley appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). 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 Pressley's counsel.
AFFIRMED.1
WILLIAMS, C.J., and GEATHERS and VERDIN, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.