Doe v. Kelly M.

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

John and Jane
Doe & South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondents,

v

Kelly M. and
Jeffrey L, Defendants,

Of Whom Jeffrey
L. is the Appellant.

In the interest
of a D.L., a minor child under the age of 18.

Appeal From Cherokee County

 Brian M. Gibbons, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-049

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
15, 2009   

AFFIRMED

Gary L. Compton, of Spartanburg,  for Appellant.

James Fletcher Thompson, of Spartanburg; Meredith Brooks Moss, of
Gaffney, for Respondents.

Usha Jefferies Bridges, of Gaffney, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jeffrey
L. appeals from the family court’s order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572 (Supp. 2007).[1] 
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.[2]

WILLIAMS, PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ. concur.

[1] Effective June 16, 2008, the General Assembly amended
the Code of Laws of South Carolina by adding Title 63, the South Carolina
Children’s Code, and transferring all provisions of Title 20, Chapter 7 to
Title 63.  See Act No. 361, 2008 S.C. Acts 3623 (stating “the transfer
and reorganization of the code provisions in this act are technical . . . and
are not intended to be substantive”).  Because Title 63 has not yet been bound,
all citations to the statute refer to Title 20.

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