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South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Patterson

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 20, 2015
2015-UP-534 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 20, 2015)

Opinion

2015-UP-534

11-20-2015

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sonia Louise Patterson, Joshua Gatewood, Jermaine Starks, Marcus Lee and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Sonia L. Patterson is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2015-000582

R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant. Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent. Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted October 30, 2015

Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Sonia Louise Patterson appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her three minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2014). 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 Sonia Louise Patterson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

SHORT, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Patterson

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 20, 2015
2015-UP-534 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 20, 2015)
Case details for

South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Patterson

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sonia Louise…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Nov 20, 2015

Citations

2015-UP-534 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 20, 2015)