SCDSS v. Hopkins

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.

Davieyonna Chansitie Hopkins, Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2019-000917

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Usha J. Bridges, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-258
Submitted August 20, 2020 – Filed August 28, 2020

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Erick Matthew Barbare, of The Barbare Law Firm, of
Mauldin, for Respondent.
Jamia Diann Foster, of Law Office of Jamia D. Foster
LLC, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Davieyonna Chansitie Hopkins appeals the family court's final
order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Hopkins's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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