SCDSS v. Gilstrap

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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.

Casey Mae Sandlin and Steven Daniel Gilstrap,
Defendants,

Of whom Steven Daniel Gilstrap is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-000657

Appeal From Greenville County
Thomas T. Hodges, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-421
Submitted October 15, 2018 – Filed November 5, 2018

AFFIRMED

Dustin Christian Davis, of Dustin C. Davis Attorney at
Law, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Amanda B. Stiles, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Steven Daniel Gilstrap appeals 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 Gilstrap's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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