SCDSS v. Jackie Bragg

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.

Jackie Bragg and Matthew Bragg, Defendants,

Of whom Jackie Bragg is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-001598

Appeal From Oconee County
Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-444
Submitted December 9, 2021 – Filed December 13, 2021

AFFIRMED

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

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.
Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jackie Bragg 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 Bragg's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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