SCDSS v. Michael D. Small, II

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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.

Ericka Nicole Clay and Michael Dewayne Small, II,
Defendants,

Of whom Michael Dewayne Small, II is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000383

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-364
Submitted October 20, 2021 – Filed October 21, 2021

AFFIRMED

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

Virginia Ann Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, LLC, of
Camden; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for
Respondent.
Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russel B. Long, PA, of
Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Michael Dewayne Small, II appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. 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 Small's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and MCDONALD and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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