Doe v. Waddell

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

Jane and John Doe, Respondents,

v.

Kelsey Cochran, Steven Waddell, and South Carolina
Department of Social Services, Defendants,

Of whom Steven Waddell is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-000059

Appeal From Spartanburg County
James F. Fraley, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-434
Submitted November 7, 2018 – Filed November 28, 2018

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, of The
Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

James Fletcher Thompson, of James Fletcher Thompson,
LLC, of Spartanburg, for Respondents.
Kenneth Philip Shabel, of Kennedy & Brannon, PA, of
Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Steven Waddell appeals from the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570
(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 Steven Waddell's
counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and THOMAS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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