SCDSS v. Emily Segars (Poling) (2)

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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.

Michael Richter and Emily Segars (Poling), Defendants,

v.

Julie Blalock, Intervenor/Respondent,

Of whom Emily Segars (Poling) is the Appellant

and

Michael Richter is a Respondent.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000800

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-409
Submitted December 8, 2023 – Filed December 20, 2023

AFFIRMED
Jennifer Lynn Mook, of Law Office of Jennifer Mook,
LLC, of Aiken, for Appellant.

Betsy Buchanan Tanner, of Betsy Tanner, LLC, of
Fountain Inn, for Respondent/Intervenor.

Nathan James Sheldon, of The Law Office of Nathan J.
Sheldon, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Respondent Michael
Richter.

R. Chadwick Smith, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Mary Christine Hardee, of South Carolina Department of
Children's Advocacy, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Emily Segars (Poling) appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). 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.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.

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