SCDSS v. Otis Goodwine

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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.

Bianca Winkler and Otis Goodwine, Defendants,

Of whom Otis Goodwine is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001306

Appeal From Orangeburg County
Michael H. Murphy, III, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-006
Submitted December 23, 2024 – Filed January 3, 2025

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Patrick A. McWilliams, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Anderson Law Office, P.A.,
of Orangeburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Otis Goodwine appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2024). 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 Goodwine's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

THOMAS, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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