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South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Marks

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Mar 30, 2021
2021-UP-106 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2021)

Opinion

2021-UP-106

03-30-2021

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Abagail Hope Marks and Nathan Terrance Lang, Defendants, Of whom Nathan Terrance Lang is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-001482

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant. Rosemerry Felder-Commander, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Laurens, for Respondent. Marcus Wesley Meetze, of Law Office of Marcus W. Meetze, LLC, of Simpsonville, 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 March 29, 2021

Appeal From Laurens County Joseph C. Smithdeal, Family Court Judge.

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant.

Rosemerry Felder-Commander, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Laurens, for Respondent.

Marcus Wesley Meetze, of Law Office of Marcus W. Meetze, LLC, of Simpsonville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Nathan Terrance Lang appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Lang's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Marks

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Mar 30, 2021
2021-UP-106 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2021)
Case details for

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Marks

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Mar 30, 2021

Citations

2021-UP-106 (S.C. Ct. App. Mar. 30, 2021)