SCDSS v. Jenkins

Opinion

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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Monique Jenkins, Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2018-000291

Appeal From Dorchester County Nancy C. McLin, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-051 Submitted January 4, 2019 – Filed January 31, 2019

AFFIRMED

Marissa K. Jacobson, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Deanne M. Gray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Summerville, for Respondent.

Mary Lee Briggs, of Briggs & Inglese, LLC, of Charleston, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Monique Jenkins appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2018). 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 Jenkin's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur

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