Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2018-000742 Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-371
10-01-2018
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Jessica Rownd and Christopher Bass, Defendants, Of whom Christopher Bass is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.
Sally Ward Peace, of Sally Ward Peace, PA, of Conway, for Appellant. Steven Willard Fowler, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. G. Conrad Derrick, of Florence, for Respondent. Jesse Stanley Cartrette, Jr., 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. Appeal From Dillon County
Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Sally Ward Peace, of Sally Ward Peace, PA, of Conway, for Appellant. Steven Willard Fowler, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. G. Conrad Derrick, of Florence, for Respondent. Jesse Stanley Cartrette, Jr., for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child. PER CURIAM : Christopher Bass appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. 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 warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Bass's counsel. AFFIRMED. LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------