SCDSS v. Colie Dawkins

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Colie Dee Dawkins, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001215

Appeal From Newberry County Matthew P. Turner, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-188 Submitted March 2, 2026 – Filed April 29, 2026

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Sarah Marie Coldiron, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Colie Dee Dawkins appeals the family court's final order entering his name in the Central Registry of Child Abuse and Neglect. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1930 (2010). 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.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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