SCDSS v. William McCollum

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.

William McCollum and Francesca McCollum,
Defendants,

Of whom William McCollum is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000286

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-339
Submitted October 19, 2023 – Filed October 20, 2023

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

William Evan Reynolds, of Kingstree, for Respondent.
William M. O'Bryan, Jr., of O'Bryan & O'Bryan, of
Kingstree, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: William McCollum appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2022). 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 McCollum's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.

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