SCDSS v. Harnish

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.

Stephanie Rose Bennett Harnish and Stephen David
Scarlott, Jr., Defendants,

Of whom Stephanie Rose Bennett Harnish is the
Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2017-000088

Appeal From Horry County
Salley Huggins McIntyre, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-292
Submitted June 13, 2017 – Filed July 10, 2017

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

Kenneth Shelton Corbett, of Kenneth S. Corbett, PA, of
Myrtle Beach, as Appellant's Guardian ad Litem.
Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan,
PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent.

Ryan Stampfle, of Stampfle Law Firm, LLC, of Myrtle
Beach, for the minor's Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Stephanie Rose Bennett Harnish appeals the family court's final
order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code
Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2016). 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 and relieve
Harnish's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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