SCDSS v. Williams

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 Williams and Ray Stephens, Defendants,

Of whom Shannon Williams is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001203

Appeal From Spartanburg County
James G. McGee, III, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-145
Submitted March 17, 2022 – Filed March 18, 2022

AFFIRMED

Timothy C. Edwards, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC,
of Mauldin, for Respondent.
Jamia Diann Foster, of Law Office of Jamia D. Foster
LLC, of Spartanburg, as the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Shannon Williams appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her 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 Williams's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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