South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Lacy M.

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.

Lacy M., L.C. H., Terrell M., and Van (last name
unknown), Respondents,

Of whom Terrell M. is the Appellant,

In the interest of minor children under the age of 18
years.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212637

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-671
Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed December 13, 2012

AFFIRMED

Kelly Nicole Lee and Anna Hamilton, both of Nelson
Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Greenville, for
Appellant.
Deborah Murdock, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of
Mauldin, for Respondent.

Todd Thigpen, of Law Office of Michael Todd Thigpen,
of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Terrell M. appeals the family court's final order terminating his
parental rights to his minor children. 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 facts and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354
S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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