SCDSS v. Irwin D. Wilson

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. Rita Wilson and Irwin Demetrice Wilson, Defendants, of whom Irwin Demetrice Wilson is the Appellant and Rita Wilson is a Respondent.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-001309

Appeal From Richland County C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-100 Submitted February 18, 2026 – Filed February 23, 2026

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Kathryn J. Walsh, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Respondent Rita Wilson.

Angela L. Kohel, of Richland County CASA, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Irwin Demetrice Wilson appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2025). 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 Wilson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 GEATHERS, HEWITT, and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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