SCDSS v. Tricia 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.

Tricia M. and Paul M., Defendants,

Of whom Paul M. is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor child under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212636

Appeal From Greenville County
Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-173
Submitted April 1, 2013 – Filed April 25, 2013

AFFIRMED

S. Allan Hill, of Temple, Mann, Briggs & Hill, of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Robert A. Clark, of Robert A. Clark Attorney at Law, of
Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Paul M. 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.
2012). 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, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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