SCDSS v. McNeil

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.

Sammie Jean McNeil, Otis Green, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Sammie Jean McNeil is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2017-002380

Appeal From Darlington County
Michael S. Holt, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-265
Submitted May 16, 2018 – Filed June 14, 2018

AFFIRMED

Melvin Wayne Cockrell, III, and Sarah Crawford
Campbell, both of Cockrell Law Firm, PC, of
Chesterfield, for Appellant.

Delton W. Powers, Jr., of Powers Law Firm, PC, of
Bennettsville, for Respondent.
Robbie Forrester Gardner, III, of Rob F. Gardner, III, PC,
of Hartsville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

Mark W. Buyck, III, of Willcox, Buyck & Williams, of
Florence, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

PER CURIAM: Sammie Jean McNeil appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her three minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). 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 counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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