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. Jessica Croucher, Nicholas Togno, Christopher Croucher (deceased), Sandra Reddick, Christopher Reddick, Defendants, of whom Nicholas Togno is the Appellant.

In the Interest of Minors Under the Age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000775

Appeal From Laurens County Joseph C. Smithdeal, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-307 Submitted September 3, 2025 – Filed September 5, 2025

AFFIRMED

Matthew P Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Karissa Marie O'Keefe-Young, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Laurens, for Respondent.

John Marshall Swails, Jr., of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Nicholas Togno appeals the family court's final permanency planning order directing custody of his minor child (Child) to remain with Child's maternal grandparents, authorizing the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) to forego offering further reunification services, and closing the case. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1700(C) (Supp. 2024) ("At the permanency planning hearing, the court shall approve a plan for achieving permanence for the child."); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1700(G)(1) (Supp. 2024) (stating the family court may award custody to a fit and willing relative when a child cannot safely be returned to his or her parents and termination of parental rights is not in the child's best interest); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1640(C) (Supp. 2024) (setting forth situations in which a family court may authorize DSS to forego reasonable efforts at family reunification). 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 Togno's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 MCDONALD, HEWITT, and TURNER, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.