SCDSS v. Cartee ( 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.
Serah Cartee and Mark Estes, Defendants,
Of whom Serah Cartee is the Appellant.
In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2024-000207
Appeal From Anderson County
Jessica Ann Salvini, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-300
Submitted August 28, 2024 – Filed August 29, 2024
AFFIRMED
Kindle Kay Johnson, of K. Johnson Law Firm, LLC, of
Rock Hill, for Appellant.
Thomas Allen Brown, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Anderson; and Andrew Troy Potter,
of Anderson, both for Respondent.
Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad
Litem.
PER CURIAM: Serah Cartee appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her 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 Cartee's counsel.
AFFIRMED.1
KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and VINSON, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.