SC Department of Social Services v. Tonya 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 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina
Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Tonya S., Peter S., Vatchel W., and John Doe,  Defendants,

of whom Peter S. is Appellant.

In the interests of:  Child 1 (DOB: 11/21/96), Child 2 (DOB:
12/17/01), Child 3 (DOB: 12/17/01), Minors under the age of 14.

Appeal From Anderson County

 Barry W. Knobel, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-148

Submitted March 3, 3007 – Filed March 6,
2008

AFFIRMED

Rodney Wade Richey, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Amy Sutherland, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM: This appeal arises from the termination of parental
rights of Father.  The family court found his parental rights should be
terminated on two grounds: (1) the children have been in DSS’s custody for fifteen
of twenty-two months; and (2) the children have been out of the home for six
months and Father has failed to remedy the conditions which led to the
removal.  Additionally, the family court found termination was in the best
interest of the children.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572 (Supp. 2006).

After a thorough
review of the record pursuant to Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354
S.E.2d 381 (1987), we affirm[1] the family court’s ruling and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.

ANDERSON, SHORT, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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