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

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

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: May 24, 2016

Appellate Case No. 2015-002288 (S.C. Ct. App. May. 24, 2016)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-002288 Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-225

05-24-2016

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sunnee Marie Westfall and Justin K. McDowell, Defendants, Of whom Sunnee Marie Westfall, is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Heather Michelle Cannon, of Heather M. Cannon, LLC, of Conway, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Ian Andrew Taylor, of Taylor Law Office, of Pawleys Island, for the 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 Horry County
Jack A. Landis, Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Heather Michelle Cannon, of Heather M. Cannon, LLC, of Conway, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Ian Andrew Taylor, of Taylor Law Office, of Pawleys Island, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : Sunnee Marie Westfall 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 finding 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 Sunnee Marie Westfall's counsel. AFFIRMED. ¹ SHORT and THOMAS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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