SCDSS v. Candace Griggs

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.

Candace Griggs and Donald Chisolm, Defendants,

Of whom Candace Griggs is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001196

Appeal From Darlington County
Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-273
Submitted June 17, 2022 – Filed June 21, 2022

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of
The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for
Appellant.

Christopher Craig Jackson, of Chris Jackson Law Firm
LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.
Stuart Wesley Snow, Jr., of Snow & Bailey Law Firm,
P.A., of Florence, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Candace Griggs appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Griggs's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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