SCDSS v. Kirk

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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.

Margo Kirk, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001327

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Joseph C. Smithdeal, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-173
Submitted May 21, 2020 – Filed June 4, 2020

AFFIRMED

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

Robert C. Rhoden, III, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

Jacqueline Alicia Moss, of Law Firm of Jacqueline Moss,
of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Margo Kirk appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2019). 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 Kirk's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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