South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Lacy M.

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Lacy M., L.C…

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 13, 2012

2012-UP-671 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 13, 2012)

Opinion

2012-UP-671

12-13-2012

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Lacy M., L.C. H., Terrell M., and Van (last name unknown), Respondents, Of whom Terrell M. is the Appellant, In the interest of minor children under the age of 18 years. Appellate Case No. 2012-212637

Kelly Nicole Lee and Anna Hamilton, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Greenville, for Appellant. Deborah Murdock, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent. Todd Thigpen, of Law Office of Michael Todd Thigpen, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Unpublished Opinion

Submitted December 3, 2012

Appeal From Spartanburg County James F. Fraley, Jr., Family Court Judge.

Kelly Nicole Lee and Anna Hamilton, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Todd Thigpen, of Law Office of Michael Todd Thigpen, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Terrell M. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2011). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings 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.

AFFIRMED.¹

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

SHORT, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.