SCDSS v. Horton

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.

Phylicia Horton, Appellant,

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

Appellate Case No. 2014-000072

Appeal From Dillon County
Salley Huggins McIntyre, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-328
Submitted August 25, 2014 – Filed August 29, 2014

AFFIRMED

Sally Ward Peace, of Sally Ward Peace, P.A., of
Conway, for Appellant.

John D. McInnis, Jr., of John D. McInnis, Jr., Attorney at
Law, of Dillon; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of the Law
Office of Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for
Respondent.
Janet Dawn Altman Byrd, of Dillon, for Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Phylicia Horton 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. 2013). 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 that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, SHORT, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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