SCDSS v. Lopez-Rhodas

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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.

Maria Lopez-Rhodas, Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-000638

Appeal From Horry County
Jan B. Bromell Holmes, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-114
Submitted February 27, 2019 – Filed March 19, 2019

AFFIRMED

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

Paola Christina Pinzon, of Paola C Pinzon LLC, of
Conway, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan,
PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent.
Ryan A. Stampfle, of Indigo Family Law, LLC, of
Surfside Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Maria Lopez-Rhodas appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2018). 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 Lopez-Rhodas's
counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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