SCDSS v. Phillips

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.

Doris Ann Phillips and Jason John Plumley, Defendants,

Of whom Jason John Plumley is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001003

Appeal From Greenville County
Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-409
Submitted October 19, 2017 – Filed October 24, 2017

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Dustin Christian Davis, of Dustin C. Davis, Attorney at
Law, LLC, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for
Appellant.
Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem for the minor children.

PER CURIAM: Jason John Plumley appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his 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. Thus, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Plumley's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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