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

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

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jun 12, 2015

Appellate Case No. 2014-001820 (S.C. Ct. App. Jun. 12, 2015)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2014-001820 Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-291

06-12-2015

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Theresa Thompson and Edward Thompson, Defendants, Of Whom Theresa Thompson is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Montford Shuler Caughman, of Caughman Law, LLC, of Lexington, for Appellant. Anne Marie Ugarte, of Columbia, for Respondent. Robin Page, of Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, 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 Lexington County
Daniel E. Martin, Jr., Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Montford Shuler Caughman, of Caughman Law, LLC, of Lexington, for Appellant. Anne Marie Ugarte, of Columbia, for Respondent. Robin Page, of Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Theresa Thompson appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her two minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2014). 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 Thompson's counsel. AFFIRMED.¹ SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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