SCDSS v. Abdallah

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.

Lubna Abdallah and Waleed Abdallah, Defendants,

Of whom Lubna Abdallah is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2018-000154

Appeal From Greenville County
Katherine H. Tiffany, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-350
Submitted July 27, 2018 – Filed August 1, 2018

AFFIRMED

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

Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook,
LLC, of Aiken, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Jonathan Ashley Neal, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the minor
child's Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Lubna Abdallah appeals a removal order finding she harmed her
minor son, removing him from her custody, and ordering her to complete a
placement plan. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660 (2010 & Supp. 2017). 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 Abdallah's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and WILLIAMS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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