Opinion
2020-UP-111
04-22-2020
South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Connie Marie Moore and John Elton Lacey, Defendants, Of whom John Elton Lacey is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-001467
Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas Warr & White, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Delton W. Powers, Jr., of Powers Law Firm, PC, of Bennettsville, for Respondent. C. Heath Ruffner, of McLeod & Ruffner, of Cheraw, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.
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 April 3, 2020
Appeal From Chesterfield County Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge
Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.
Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas Warr & White, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Delton W. Powers, Jr., of Powers Law Firm, PC, of Bennettsville, for Respondent.
C. Heath Ruffner, of McLeod & Ruffner, of Cheraw, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.
PER CURIAM
John Elton Lacey appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his 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 Lacey's counsel.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.