SCDSS v. Rodgers

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.

Kevin Rodgers and Christine Anderson, Defendants,

Of whom Christine Anderson is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2017-002240

Appeal From Aiken County
Vicki J. Snelgrove, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-254
Submitted May 14, 2018 – Filed June 8, 2018

AFFIRMED

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

Andrew Blaine Farley, of Lexington, for Respondent.

Amy Patterson Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey,
of Aiken, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Christine Anderson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). Upon a thorough review of the transcript 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
Anderson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and WILLIAMS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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