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S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Bruce

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 29, 2022
No. 2022-UP-427 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 29, 2022)

Opinion

2022-UP-427 Appellate Case 2022-001135

11-29-2022

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Melodi Anne Bruce and Daniel Michener, Defendants, Of whom Melodi Anne Bruce is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant. Lewis Lesesne Hendricks, Jr., of The Hendricks Firm, LLC, of Easley, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Lauren Ashley Stokes, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent. Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.


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.

Submitted November 23, 2022

Appeal From Greenville County W. Marsh Robertson, Family Court Judge

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Lewis Lesesne Hendricks, Jr., of The Hendricks Firm, LLC, of Easley, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Lauren Ashley Stokes, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM.

Melodi Anne Bruce appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2022). 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 Bruce's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Bruce

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 29, 2022
No. 2022-UP-427 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 29, 2022)
Case details for

S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Bruce

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Melodi Anne…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Nov 29, 2022

Citations

No. 2022-UP-427 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 29, 2022)