SCDSS v. Tracey Epps

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.

Taneesha Jackson and Tracey Epps, Defendants,

Of Whom Tracey Epps is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000012

Appeal From Charleston County
Alice Anne Richter, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-355
Submitted August 31, 2022 – Filed September 13, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Regina T. Parvin, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Charleston, for Respondent.
Josh Keith Roten, of Summerville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tracey Epps appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his 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 Epps's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

WILLIAMS, C.J., THOMAS, J., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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