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

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Celena Jacobs…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jun 28, 2018

Appellate Case No. 2017-002342 (S.C. Ct. App. Jun. 28, 2018)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2017-002342 Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-295

06-28-2018

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Celena Jacobs and Macario Duarte aka Marario Duarte, Defendants, Of whom Celena Jacobs is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant. Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent. Brenda L. Gorski, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

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. Appeal From Dorchester County
William J. Wylie, Jr., Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant. Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent. Brenda L. Gorski, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : Celena Jacobs appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). 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 that warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Jacobs' counsel. AFFIRMED. ¹ HUFF, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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