SCDSS v. Hernandez

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.

George Session and Sonia Hernandez, Defendants,

Of whom Sonia Hernandez is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2016-002201

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-188
Submitted April 10, 2017 – Filed April 28, 2017

AFFIRMED

William Cory Hughes, of Law Office of W. Cory
Hughes, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Kathryn Walsh Gooch, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Jamia Foster, of Albert V. Smith, P.A. and Wendy
Griffith, of Talley Law Firm P.A., both of Spartanburg,
for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sonia Hernandez appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-
2570 (Supp. 2016). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's
findings of facts and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C.
465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Hernandez's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS and THOMAS, JJ., and LEE, A.J., concur.

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