SCDSS v. Smith

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.

Shelly Smith and Dennis Archie, Jr., Defendants,

Of whom Shelly Smith is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-000032

Appeal From Cherokee County Usha J. Bridges, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-220 Submitted June 17, 2019 – Filed June 20, 2019

AFFIRMED

Rosalyn Henderson Myers, of Henderson Law Group, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Shelly Smith 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 Smith's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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