SC DSS v. Sue S.

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.

Sue S. and
Laverne J., Defendants,

Of whom Laverne
J. is the Appellant.

In
the Interest of M.J., a minor child under the age of 18.

Appeal From Lee County

George M. McFaddin, Jr., Family Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-094

Submitted February 1, 2010 – Filed
February 4, 2010  

AFFIRMED

Jacob H. Jennings, of Bishopville, for
Appellant.

Deborah Truett Nielsen, of Sumter, for
Respondent.

Edgar R. Donnald, Jr., of Sumter, for
Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Laverne J. appeals from the family court's order terminating his parental rights
to his minor child.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2008).  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.  

AFFIRMED.[1]

WILLIAMS,
KONDUROS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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