SCDSS v. Melodi A. Bruce

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.

Melodi Anne Bruce and Daniel Michener, Defendants,

Of whom Melodi Anne Bruce is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2022-001135

Appeal From Greenville County
W. Marsh Robertson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-427
Submitted November 23, 2022 – Filed November 29, 2022

AFFIRMED

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Lewis Lesesne Hendricks, Jr., of The Hendricks Firm,
LLC, of Easley, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.
Lauren Ashley Stokes, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM: Melodi Anne Bruce appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2022). 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 Bruce's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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