Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2015-000562 Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-359
07-11-2016
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Tina Thomas and Donnie Ray Bragg, Defendants, Of Whom Tina Thomas is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.
John Brandt Rucker, of Brandt Rucker Attorney At Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Michael Todd Thigpen, 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
Kelly Pope-Black, Family Court Judge
AFFIRMED
John Brandt Rucker, of Brandt Rucker Attorney At Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Michael Todd Thigpen, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : Tina Thomas appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2015). 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 and relieve Thomas's counsel. AFFIRMED. HUFF, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR. --------