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South Carolina Department of Socials Services v. Benjamin

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Dec 6, 2019
2019-UP-381 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2019)

Opinion

2019-UP-381

12-06-2019

South Carolina Department of Socials Services, Respondent, v. Andrea Benjamin and Ricky Pittman, Defendants, Of whom Andrea Benjamin is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2018-001858

Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of Fort Mill, for Appellant. Andrew Troy Potter, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent. Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.


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 November 27, 2019

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

Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of Fort Mill, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM.

Andrea Benjamin appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her 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 Benjamin's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

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

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

South Carolina Department of Socials Services v. Benjamin

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Dec 6, 2019
2019-UP-381 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2019)
Case details for

South Carolina Department of Socials Services v. Benjamin

Case Details

Full title:South Carolina Department of Socials Services, Respondent, v. Andrea…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Dec 6, 2019

Citations

2019-UP-381 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2019)