SCDSS v. Thompson

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.

Patricia Annette Thompson and Brant Michael Brantley,
Jr., Defendants,

Of whom Patricia Annette Thompson is the Appellant

and

Brant Michael Brantley, Jr. is a Respondent.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000661

Appeal From Greenville County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-019
Submitted December 23, 2021 – Filed January 7, 2022

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Respondent Brant
Michael Brantley, Jr.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Patricia Annette Thompson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her four minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Thompson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, A.C.J., MCDONALD, J., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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