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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jan 7, 2022
No. 2022-UP-018 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 7, 2022)

Opinion

2022-UP-018

01-07-2022

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tonya Marie Easley Hardwick, Joshua Hal Collins, and John Rowe, Defendants, Of whom Tonya Marie Easley Hardwick is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2021-000912

Melanie Carol Nicholson, of Law Office of Melanie C. Nicholson, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Virginia Ann Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, LLC, of Camden, and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent. Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, of Myrtle Beach, 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 January 6, 2022

Appeal From Horry County Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge

Melanie Carol Nicholson, of Law Office of Melanie C. Nicholson, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant.

Virginia Ann Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, LLC, of Camden, and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent.

Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

Tonya Marie Easley Hardwick appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. 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 Hardwick's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

KONDUROS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

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

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jan 7, 2022
No. 2022-UP-018 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 7, 2022)
Case details for

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

Case Details

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

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jan 7, 2022

Citations

No. 2022-UP-018 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 7, 2022)