SCDSS v. Damon Pace ( 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.
Devonie Pike and Damon Pace, Defendants,
Of whom Damon Pace is the Appellant.
In the Interest of a Minor Under the Age of Eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2024-000133
Appeal From Spartanburg County
M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-329
Submitted September 25, 2024 – Filed September 30, 2024
AFFIRMED
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.
John Brandt Rucker, of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of
Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Deborah M. Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of
Mauldin, for Respondent.
Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Griffith Family Law Firm, PC,
of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Damon Pace appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his 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 Pace's counsel.
AFFIRMED. 1
THOMAS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.