SCDSS v. Dowdy

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.

Tiffany Goetz-Dowdy, Dennie R. Dowdy, Jr., Gerri
Dowdy, Stacy Starnes, and Darrell Starnes, Defendants,

Of whom Tiffany Goetz-Dowdy is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2019-001353

Appeal From York County
David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-172
Submitted May 15, 2020 – Filed June 4, 2020

AFFIRMED

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

R. Chadwick Smith, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.
Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices, LLC, of
Fort Mill, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tiffany Goetz-Dowdy appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Goetz-Dowdy's
counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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