SCDSS v. Hutto

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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.

Amy M. Hutto, Clarence Rollins, Jr., Jason Reeves, and
John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Amy M. Hutto is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2018-000453

Appeal From Richland County
Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-390
Submitted September 18, 2018 – Filed October 18, 2018

AFFIRMED

John Clark Phillips, Jr., of Law Office of John C.
Phillips, Jr., of Columbia; and Amy M. Hutto, pro se, for
Appellant.

Shannon Lee Felder, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Angela L. Kohel, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Amy M. Hutto appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2017). 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 warrant briefing. Accordingly,
we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Hutto's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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