SCDSS v. Amanda Session

Annotate this Case

Download PDF

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. Amanda Marie Smith Session, Randi Lee Session, and Allen Session, Defendants, Of whom Amanda Marie Smith Session is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000956 Appeal From Horry County Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-332 Submitted November 17, 2020 – Filed December 4, 2020 AFFIRMED Melanie Carol Nicholson, of Law Office of Melanie C. Nicholson, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA, and Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, both of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardians ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Amanda Marie Smith Session appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Session's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.