SCDSS v. Porter

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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.

Deanna Porter, Timothy Brown, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Deanna Porter is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000067

Appeal From Greenville County
Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-188
Submitted May 25, 2021 – Filed May 26, 2021

AFFIRMED

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Amanda B. Stiles, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian
ad Litems.

PER CURIAM: Deanna Porter 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 Porter's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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