Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2016-000929 Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-094
02-24-2017
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Ashley Fortner, Jamie Howard, and Butch Thomas Turner, Defendants, Of whom Ashley Fortner is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
William Cory Hughes, of Law Office of W. Cory Hughes, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of Spartanburg, 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. Appeal From Spartanburg County
Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge
AFFIRMED
William Cory Hughes, of Law Office of W. Cory Hughes, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : Ashley Fortner appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2016). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of facts 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 Fortner's counsel. AFFIRMED. LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------