Opinion
2022-UP-068
02-10-2022
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Brittany McKnight and Stevie McClinton, Defendants. And John Doe and Jane Doe, Respondents, Of whom Stevie McClinton is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2021-000958
Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant. James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law Group LLC, Spartanburg, for Respondents John and Jane Doe. Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services. Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.
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 February 9, 2022
Appeal From York County Thomas Henry White, IV, Family Court Judge
Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.
James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law Group LLC, Spartanburg, for Respondents John and Jane Doe.
Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services.
Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM:
Stevie McClinton (Father) appeals from the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Father's counsel.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
THOMAS, MCDONALD, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.