SCDSS v. Sierra R.

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.

Sierra R. and Ronald R., Defendants,

Of Whom Sierra R. is the Appellant,

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

Appellate Case No. 2012-205646

Appeal From Aiken County
Deborah Neese, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-467
Submitted July 2, 2012 – Filed July 27, 2012

AFFIRMED

Clarke W. McCants, III, of Nance, McCants & Massey,
of Aiken, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.
Patrick McWilliams, of Aiken, Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sierra R. appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp.
2011). 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.

AFFIRMED.1

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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