Opinion
2024-UP-045 Appellate Case 2023-001213
02-01-2024
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Omar L. Thompson, Whinta Nickens, and Kevin Childs Defendants, Of whom Whinta Nickens is the Appellant. In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.
Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Patrick A. McWilliams, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Orangeburg, for Respondent. Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Anderson Law Office, P.A., of Orangeburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.
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Submitted January 16, 2024
Appeal From Orangeburg County Anne Gue Jones, Family Court Judge
Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.
Patrick A. McWilliams, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.
Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Anderson Law Office, P.A., of Orangeburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM:
Whinta Nickens appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). 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.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
WILLIAMS, C.J, and HEWITT and VERDIN, JJ, concur.