SCDSS v. Flaherty

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.

Shannon Flaherty and Joseph Stewart, Defendants,

and

William McCormick and Danielle McCormick,
Intervenors,

Of whom Shannon Flaherty is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-001652

Appeal From York County
Thomas Henry White, IV, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-115
Submitted April 6, 2021 – Filed April 7, 2021

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.
Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Rebecca T. McNerney, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, for
the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Shannon Flaherty appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Flaherty's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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