SCDSS v. Stevie McClinton

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.

Brittany McKnight and Stevie McClinton, Defendants.

and

John Doe and Jane Doe, Respondents,

Of whom Stevie McClinton is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000958

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-068
Submitted February 9, 2022 – Filed February 10, 2022

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.
James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law
Group LLC, Spartanburg, for Respondents John and Jane
Doe.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of
Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Stevie McClinton (Father) appeals from the family court's final
order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. 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 Father's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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