Opinion
2021-UP-034
02-05-2021
Rachel Leanne Waldrop and Tony Karl Waldrop, Jr., Respondents, v. Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr., Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000368
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville; and Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr., of McCormick, pro se, both for Appellant. Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents. Amie Sarah Carpenter, of Greenville, as 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 January 19, 2021
Appeal From Greenville County Tarita A. Dunbar, Family Court Judge
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville; and Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr., of McCormick, pro se, both for Appellant.
Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondents.
Amie Sarah Carpenter, of Greenville, as the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM:
Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children and granting adoption to Tony Karl Waldrop, Jr. 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 Gaskins's counsel.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
LOCKEMY, C. J, and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ, concur