S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Douglas Shane G.

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

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 12, 2013

Appellate Case No. 2013-000833 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 12, 2013)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2013-000833 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-475

12-12-2013

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Douglas Shane G. and Jessica H., Defendants, Of whom Douglas Shane G. is the Appellant, In the interest of two minor children under the age of eighteen.

Dorothy Holley Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, GA, for Appellant. Dennis M. Gmerek, of Columbia SC, for Respondent. Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for 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 Aiken County

Dale Moore Gable, Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Dorothy Holley Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, GA, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of Columbia SC, for Respondent.

Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Douglas Shane G. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-72570 (2010 & Supp. 2012). 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. AFFIRMED.¹

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

HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.