SCDSS v. Blair

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.

Mia Elizabeth Hartzog Blair and Markevious Deondra
Blair, Defendants,

and

Chris and Katie Reid, Intervenors/Respondents,

Of whom Mia Elizabeth Hartzog Blair is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-000685

Appeal From Richland County
Michael S. Holt, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-046
Submitted February 8, 2021 – Filed February 11, 2021

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.
James Fletcher Thompson, of James Fletcher Thompson,
LLC, of Spartanburg, and Larry Dale Dove, of Dove Law
Group, LLC, of Rock Hill, both for Respondents Chris
and Katie Reid.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Tiffany J. Lumpkin, of Richland County CASA, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Mia Elizabeth Hartzog Blair appeals the family court's final
order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Blair's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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