SCDSS v. Chestnut

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.

Raymond Edward Chestnut, Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2019-001046

Appeal From Horry County
James A. Spruill, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-422
Submitted December 20, 2019 – Filed December 31, 2019

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Russell W. Hall III, of The Law Office of Russell W.
Hall III, of Myrtle Beach, as Guardian ad Litem for
Appellant.

Charles Richard Rhodes, Jr., of Charles R. Rhodes Jr.
PC, of Conway, for Respondent.
Heather Marie Sarvis, of Myrtle Beach, as Guardian ad
Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM: Raymond Edward Chestnut appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570
(Supp. 2019). 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 Chestnut's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and HILL, JJ., concur.

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