South Carolina Department of Social Services v. McCue

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Jeffrey T…

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Feb 3, 2021

2021-UP-033 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 3, 2021)

Opinion

2021-UP-033

02-03-2021

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Jeffrey T. McCue and Radina A. Franks, Defendants, Of whom Jeffrey T. McCue is the Appellant and Radina A. Franks is a Respondent. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000958

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Byford & Scalzo, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Christopher L. Murphy, of Murphy Law Offices, of Charleston, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Sally R. Young, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of North Charleston, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services. Tina W. Dixon, of North Charleston, for Respondent Radina A. Franks. Alwyn Taylor Silver, of Silver Law Firm, LLC, of Georgetown, as Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.

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.

Submitted February 2, 2021

Appeal From Charleston County Alice Anne Richter, Family Court Judge

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Byford & Scalzo, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Christopher L. Murphy, of Murphy Law Offices, of Charleston, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Sally R. Young, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of North Charleston, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services.

Tina W. Dixon, of North Charleston, for Respondent Radina A. Franks.

Alwyn Taylor Silver, of Silver Law Firm, LLC, of Georgetown, as Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM:

Jeffrey T. McCue appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 McCue's counsel.

AFFIRMED.¹

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

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.