SCDSS v. Morris

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, Teresa
Ann Reynolds Douglas, and Jamil Antoine Douglas,
Respondents,

v.

Keaira Morris, Lavonne Pledger, and Justin Hill,
Defendants,

Of whom Keaira Morris is the Appellant.

In the interests of minor children under the age of
eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001701

Appeal From Lexington County
Mindy W. Zimmerman, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-120
Submitted April 11, 2024 – Filed April 12, 2024

AFFIRMED

Lyn Howell Hensel, of Law Office of Lyn Howell
Hensel, of Columbia, for Appellant.
James Fletcher Thompson, of Thompson Dove Law
Group LLC, of Spartanburg, for Respondents Jamil
Antoine Douglas and Teresa Ann Reynolds Douglas.

Becky M. Farmer, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent South
Carolina Department of Social Services.

Thomas M. Neal, III, of Law Offices of Thomas M. Neal,
III, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Keaira Morris appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2023). 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 Morris's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

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