SCDSS v. Thompson

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.

Theresa Thompson and Edward Thompson, Defendants,

Of Whom Theresa Thompson is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001820

Appeal From Lexington County
Daniel E. Martin, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-291
Submitted May 13, 2015 – Filed June 12, 2015

AFFIRMED

Montford Shuler Caughman, of Caughman Law, LLC, of
Lexington, for Appellant.

Anne Marie Ugarte, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Robin Page, of Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Theresa Thompson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her two minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. §
63-7-2570 (Supp. 2014). 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 that warrant
briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Thompson's
counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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