SCDSS v. Dustin R. Floyd

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.

Danielle Nichole Kelly, Dustin Ryan Floyd a/k/a Dustin
Ryan Floyd, Sr., Defendants,

Of whom Dustin Ryan Floyd is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001617

Appeal From Greenville County
Jerrod A. Anderson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-079
Submitted February 21, 2025 – Filed March 7, 2025

AFFIRMED

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

Rebecca Rush Wray, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Dustin Ryan Floyd appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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 Floyd's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and GEATHERS and TURNER, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.