Kenneth P. Rutledge v. Holly E. Sisk ( 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
Kenneth Paul Rutledge and Chrissy Marie Rutledge,
Respondents,
v.
Thomas Colt Golden and Holly Elizabeth Sisk,
Defendants,
Of whom Holly Elizabeth Sisk is the Appellant.
In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2023-000792
Appeal From Anderson County
Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-350
Submitted October 19, 2023 – Filed October 23, 2023
AFFIRMED
Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.
Sarah Ganss Drawdy, of Byrholdt Drawdy, LLC, and
Ashlea Morgan White, of White, Davis & White Law
Firm, PA, both of Anderson, for Respondents.
Samantha Paula Nelson, of Samantha P. Nelson Attorney
at Law LLC, of Anderson, as the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Holly Elizabeth Sisk appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child and granting the child's adoption.
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
Sisk's counsel.
AFFIRMED. 1
MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.
1
We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.