Opinion
2022-UP-082 Appellate Case 2021-000422
02-23-2022
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Terance Neal, Sr., and Breanna L. Sims, Defendants, Of whom Terance Neal, Sr. is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of Rock Hill, for Respondent. Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, 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 16, 2022
Appeal From Fairfield County Rosalyn Frierson-Smith, Family Court Judge
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.
Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM:
Terance Neal, Sr. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. 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 Neal's counsel.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
GEATHERS and HILL, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J, concur