SCDSS v. Atkinson

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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.

Cynmaria M. Atkinson and Quinton Porter, Defendants,

Of whom Cynmaria M. Atkinson is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-000066

Appeal From Spartanburg County
M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-239
Submitted June 17, 2021 – Filed June 21, 2021

AFFIRMED

Rosalyn Henderson Myers, of Henderson Law Group, of
Spartanburg; and John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue
Rucker, of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, all
for Appellant.

Patricia Lea Wilson, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Jamia Diann Foster, of Law Office of Jamia D. Foster
LLC, of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Cynmaria M. Atkinson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her 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 Atkinson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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