SCDSS v. Ericka James

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.

Ericka S. James, Michael Martin, and John Doe,
Defendants,

Of whom Ericka S. James is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-001133

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Kimaka Nichols-Graham, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-300
Submitted July 13, 2022 – Filed July 14, 2022

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Robert C. Rhoden, III, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of
Spartanburg, for the Guardians ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Ericka S. James 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 James'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.