SCDSS v. Ray

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.

Donella Ray and James Ray, IV, Defendants,

Of whom James Ray, IV, is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001147

Appeal From Lexington County
Robert E. Newton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-011
Submitted January 3, 2020 – Filed January 10, 2020

AFFIRMED

John Clark Phillips, Jr., of Law Office of John C.
Phillips, Jr. of Columbia, for Appellant.

Rebecca Marie Farmer, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Lexington; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of
Greenville, both for Respondent.
Brett Lamb Stevens, of Stevens Law, LLC, of Columbia;
and Daun C. Steigner, of Hedrix & Steigner, of Cayce,
for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: James Ray IV appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2019). 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 Ray's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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