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South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Cox

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Dec 17, 2019
2019-UP-402 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2019)

Opinion

2019-UP-402

12-17-2019

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Celena Kaye Autrey Cox and Tommy Lee Cox, Defendants, Of whom Celena Kaye Autrey Cox is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-000435

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Robert C. Rhoden, III, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Jacqueline Alicia Moss, of Law Firm of Jacqueline Moss, 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.

Submitted December 4, 2019

Appeal From Spartanburg County Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Robert C. Rhoden, III, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Jacqueline Alicia Moss, of Law Firm of Jacqueline Moss, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Celena Kaye Autrey Cox appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Cox's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Cox

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Dec 17, 2019
2019-UP-402 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2019)
Case details for

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Cox

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Celena Kaye…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 17, 2019

Citations

2019-UP-402 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2019)