South Carolina Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Sierra R.

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sierra R. and…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jul 27, 2012

Appellate Case No. 2012-205646 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 27, 2012)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2012-205646 Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-467

07-27-2012

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Sierra R. and Ronald R., Defendants, Of Whom Sierra R. is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

Clarke W. McCants, III, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Appellant. Dennis M. Gmerek, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent. Patrick McWilliams, of Aiken, Guardian ad Litem.

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.

Appeal From Aiken County

Deborah Neese, Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Clarke W. McCants, III, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Appellant.
Dennis M. Gmerek, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Patrick McWilliams, of Aiken, Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM : Sierra R. appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2011). 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.

AFFIRMED. ¹

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

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.