SCDSS v. Kennedy Catoe

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Kennedy Catoe, Alejandro Woodham, and John Doe, Defendants, of whom Kennedy Catoe is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-002589

Appeal From Lee County Ernest J. Jarrett, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-278 Submitted June 1, 2026 – Filed June 4, 2026

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Christopher Craig Jackson, of Chris Jackson Law Firm LLC, of Mauldin; and Steve Bernard Suchomski, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Sumter, both for Respondent.

John Stephen Keffer, of Keffer Law Firm, of Sumter, as the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kennedy Catoe appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her 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 Catoe's counsel.

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

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