SCDSS v. Scott

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.

Vina J. Scott, Baby Boy Reed, Jonathan Funderbunk, and
Dontae Dobbinson, Defendants,

Of whom Vina J. Scott is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001365

Appeal From Charleston County
Henry T. Woods, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-225
Submitted May 16, 2018 – Filed May 31, 2018

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Joshua Keith Roten, of Summerville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Vina J. Scott appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2017). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of
facts and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354
S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing. Thus, we
affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Scott's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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