SCDSS v. Stayman

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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.

Heather Theresa Stayman and Sean Patrick Kearney, Jr.,
Defendants,

Of whom Heather Theresa Stayman is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-000545

Appeal From Horry County
Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-310
Submitted August 20, 2021 – Filed August 26, 2021

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Virginia Ann Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, LLC, of
Camden, for Respondent.
Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, of
Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Heather Theresa Stayman 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 Stayman's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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