SCDSS v. Dontrell Rufus

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.

Dontrell Rufus and "John Doe," Defendants,

Of whom Dontrell Rufus is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000314

Appeal From Richland County
Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-349
Submitted August 29, 2022 – Filed August 30, 2022

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Angela L. Kohel, of Richland County CASA, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Dontrell Rufus 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 Rufus's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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