SCDSS v. Baldy

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.

Eric Matthew Baldy, Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-001654

Appeal From Horry County
Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-126
Submitted April 19, 2021 – Filed April 21, 2021

AFFIRMED

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Byford & Scalzo, LLC, of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Michael J. Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA; and
Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA,
both of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.
Heather Michelle Cannon, of Heather M. Cannon, LLC,
of Conway, as the Guardian ad Litem for the appellant.

PER CURIAM: Eric Baldy appeals the family court's final order terminating his
parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020).
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 Baldy's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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