SCDSS v. LeVaughn Blanding, Jr.

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.

Kerri Kenyon, Marques Kennedy, LeVaughn Blanding,
Jr., Joshua Caldwell, Morgan Caldwell, Gary Linn, and
Kimberly Linn,

Of whom LeVaughn Blanding, Jr. is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000072

Appeal From Clarendon County
Thomas M. Bultman, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-281
Submitted June 17, 2022 – Filed June 27, 2022

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

William Evan Reynolds, of Kingstree, for Respondent.
Jessica Leigh Birt, of Summerville, and Lauren Felder
Shaw, of Chandler & Shaw, LLC, of Manning, both for
the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: LeVaughn Blanding, Jr. appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Blanding's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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