SCDSS v. Jody E.

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.

Tina B.,
Timothy B., Mark D., Robert H., Michael S., and John Doe Defendants,

Of Whom Timothy
B. is the Appellant.

In the interest of minor children under the age of 18.

2008-DR-11-00202

Appeal From Cherokee County

Wesley L. Brown, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2010-UP-386

Submitted August 1, 2010 – Filed August
16, 2010

AFFIRMED

Shawn M. Campbell, of Spartanburg, for
Appellant.

Meredith Brooks Moss, of Gaffney, for
Respondent.

Sean Coburn, of Spartanburg, Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Timothy B. appeals from the family court's final order terminating his parental
rights to his minor children.  S.C.
Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010).  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 grant
counsel's petition to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.[1]

WILLIAMS and
KONDUROS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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