SCDSS v. Terance Neal, Sr.

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.

Terance Neal, Sr., and Breanna L. Sims, Defendants,

Of whom Terance Neal, Sr. is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000422

Appeal From Fairfield County
Rosalyn Frierson-Smith, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-082
Submitted February 16, 2022 – Filed February 23, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of
Rock Hill, for Respondent.
Susan Margaret Johnston, of Columbia, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Terance Neal, Sr. appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Neal's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

GEATHERS and HILL, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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