SCDSS v. Brittany McKnight

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.

Brittany McKnight and Stevie McClinton, Defendants,

and

John Doe and Jane Doe, Respondents,

Of whom Brittany McKnight is the Appellant

and

Stevie McClinton is a Respondent.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000871

Appeal From York County
Thomas Henry White, IV, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-067
Submitted February 9, 2022 – Filed February 10, 2022

AFFIRMED
Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

L. Sherril Davis, of L. Sherril Law, LLC, of Rock Hill
for Respondent Stevie McClinton.

James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law
Group LLC, of Spartanburg for Respondents John and
Jane Doe.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of
Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Brittany McKnight (Mother) appeals from the family court's
final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code
Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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
Mother's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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