SC DSS v. Charlotte S.

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.

Charlotte S.
and Roy A., Defendants,

Of Whom Roy A.
is the Appellant.

In the
interest of C.S., a minor child under the age of 18.

Appeal From Spartanburg County

Edgar H. Long, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-045

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
26, 2010  

AFFIRMED

Leslie E. Gambrell, of Laurens, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Michael T. Thigpen, of Spartanburg, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Roy A. appeals from the family court's final order terminating his parental
rights to his minor child.  S.C.
Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2008).  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 grant
counsel's petition to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.[1]

WILLIAMS,
KONDUROS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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