SCDSS v.Thomas

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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.

Amber Christine Bogan, Joshua Thomas, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Joshua Thomas is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-001072

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-045
Submitted January 11, 2019 – Filed January 24, 2019

AFFIRMED

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

Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC,
of Mauldin, for Respondent.
Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of
Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Joshua Thomas appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2018). 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 Thomas's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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