S.C. Department of Social Services 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
239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department
of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

James Gerald Williams, and
Taylor Kristen Cann, DOB: 8/30/01, Defendants,

of whom James Gerald Williams
is Appellant.

Appeal From Bamberg
County

 Dale Moore Gable, Family Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2004-UP-301

Submitted February 23, 2004
– Filed May 5, 2004

AFFIRMED

Evert  Comer, Jr., of Denmark,
for Appellant,

Richard B. Ness, Early &
Ness, of Bamberg, for Respondent,

William S. Kemp, of Bamberg,
for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: James Gerald Williams
appeals from a family court order terminating his parental rights to his minor
daughter, Taylor Kristen Cann.  The family court terminated Williams’s parental
rights (1) pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572(1), based on its finding that
the repetition and severity of abuse in the home indicated that the home could
not reasonably be made safe for the minor child within a twelve month period;
(2) pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572(4), based on its findings that the
minor child had lived outside Williams’s home for a period exceeding the six
months and that Williams failed to support the minor child; and (3) based on
its finding that termination of parental rights was in the minor child’s best
interests.

Pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen,
291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), Williams’s counsel attached to the record
of the family court proceedings an affidavit stating his belief that the appeal
lacks merit. Williams did not file a pro se response.

Upon reviewing the record and the
family court’s determination in its entirety, we find no meritorious issues
warranting briefing. Accordingly, the trial court’s decision is

AFFIRMED.

GOOLSBY, HOWARD, and KITTREDGE,
JJ., concur.