SCDSS v. Dobbins

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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.

Tricia R. Dobbins and Joshua Lybrand, Defendants,

Of whom Tricia R. Dobbins is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2020-000627

Appeal From Lexington County
W. Greg Seigler, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-312
Submitted October 30, 2020 – Filed November 17, 2020

AFFIRMED

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

Thomas E. Shealy, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Lexington, for Respondent.
Robin Page, of The Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tricia R. Dobbins 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 Dobbins's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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