S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Katrina J.

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Katrina J.…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Nov 21, 2012

Appellate Case No. 2011-204546 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 21, 2012)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2011-204546 Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-630

11-21-2012

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Katrina J., Michael W., and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Michael W. is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) years.

Amy V. Cofield, of Cofield Law Firm, of Lexington, for Appellant. Rose Mary McGregor, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lexington, for Respondent. Margaret A. Collins, of Collins & Burkett Law Firm, LLC, of West Columbia, for 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 Lexington County

Richard W. Chewning, III, Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Amy V. Cofield, of Cofield Law Firm, of Lexington, for Appellant.
Rose Mary McGregor, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lexington, for Respondent.
Margaret A. Collins, of Collins & Burkett Law Firm, LLC, of West Columbia, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM : Michael W. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2011). 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. AFFIRMED.¹

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

HUFF, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.