SCDSS v. Marroquin

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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.

Celeste Marroquin and Ricardo Perez, Defendants,

Of whom Celeste Marroquin is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2018-002037

Appeal From Greenville County
Tarita A. Dunbar, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-124
Submitted March 21, 2019 – Filed March 27, 2019

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Jonathan Ashley Neal, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Celeste Marroquin appeals the family court's final order
removing her minor child and allowing the South Carolina Department of Social
Services to forego offering her further services. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-1640(C) (Supp. 2018). 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 relieve
Marroquin's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

HUFF, THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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