SCDSS v. Jessica L. Martin

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.

Jessica Lynn Martin and Timothy Gilstrap, Defendants,

Of whom Jessica Lynn Martin is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2022-001048

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-423
Submitted November 21, 2022 – Filed November 22, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Rebecca Rush Wray, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jessica Martin appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). 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 Martin's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ. concur.

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