State v. David M.

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

State of South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Rebecca M.,
David M., Defendants, Of Whom David M. is the Appellant.

In the interests
of: Female Child DOB: 7/21/95; Female Child DOB: 5/11/96;  both minors under
the age of 18.

Appeal From Florence County

 William J. Wylie, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-321

Submitted June 26, 2008 – Filed June 27,
2008   

AFFIRMED

David B. Betts, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Newton I. Howle, Jr., of Darlington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: David
M. appeals a family court order issued
subsequent to an intervention hearing.  After
a thorough review of the record pursuant
to Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987) and S.C. Dep’t
of Soc. Servs. v. Frederick Downer, Sr., S.C.Sup.Ct. Order dated February
2, 2005 (expanding the procedure set forth in Cauthen to situations
where an indigent person appeals from an order imposing other measures short of
termination of parental rights), we
affirm the family court’s ruling.

AFFIRMED.[1]

HEARN,
C.J., THOMAS, J., and CURETON, A.J.

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