SCDSS v. Ronald R.

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.

Sierra R. and Ronald R., Defendants,

Of Whom Ronald R. is the Appellant,

In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2012-205506

Appeal From Aiken County
Deborah Neese, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-400
Submitted June 1, 2012 – Filed July 11, 2012

AFFIRMED

Dorothy Holley Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of
Augusta, Georgia, 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: Ronald R. appeals the family court's final order terminating his
parental rights to his 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

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

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