SCDSS v. Barnes

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.

Lisa Barnes, Richard Barnes, and Joseph Davis,
Defendants,

Of whom Lisa Barnes is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2019-000078

Appeal From Oconee County
Edgar H. Long, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-252
Submitted June 26, 2019 – Filed July 8, 2019

AFFIRMED

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Cedric Antwon Cunningham, of Kinlaw, Cunningham,
and Ward, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Kimberly Renae Welchel, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Lisa Barnes appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her 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 Barnes's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and HILL JJ., concur.

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