SCDSS v. Neale

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.

Abigail Neale and Samuel Neale, Defendants,

Of whom Abigail Neale is the Appellant

and

Samuel Neale is a Respondent.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001652

Appeal From Oconee County
David E. Phillips, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-036
Submitted January 17, 2020 – Filed February 4, 2020

AFFIRMED

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.
Mary Elizabeth Parrilla, of The Parrilla Law Firm, LLC,
of Anderson, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Thomas Harper Collins, of Harper Collins LLC, of
Anderson, for Respondent Samuel Neale.

Kimberly Renae Welchel, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad
Litem for the children.

PER CURIAM: Abigail Neale appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. 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 that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Neale's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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