SCDSS v. Victoria L. S. Forte ( 2024 )

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.
Victoria Lace Sprinter Forte a/k/a Victoria Lace Deems,
Joseph Gerald Slonski, and Enoch Joshua Forte,
Defendants,
Of whom Victoria Lace Sprinter Forte a/k/a Victoria
Lace Deems is the Appellant.
In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2023-001909
Appeal From Abbeville County
Matthew P. Turner, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-266
Submitted July 17, 2024 – Filed July 18, 2024
AFFIRMED
Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.
Kathryn J. Walsh, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and
Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad
Litem.
PER CURIAM: Victoria Lace Sprinter Forte a/k/a Victoria Lace Deems appeals
the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children.
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
Forte's counsel.
AFFIRMED. 1
WILLIAMS, C.J., and THOMAS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.