South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Shane G.

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Douglas Shane…

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 12, 2013

2013-UP-475 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 12, 2013)

Opinion

2013-UP-475

12-12-2013

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Douglas Shane G. and Jessica H., Defendants, Of whom Douglas Shane G. is the Appellant, In the interest of two minor children under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2013-000833

Dorothy Holley Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, GA, for Appellant. Dennis M. Gmerek, of Columbia SC, for Respondent. Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted November 25, 2013

Appeal From Aiken County Dale Moore Gable, Family Court Judge

Dorothy Holley Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, GA, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of Columbia SC, for Respondent.

Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

Douglas Shane G. 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. 2012). 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 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.

HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.