Charleston County DSS v. Lavinya W. and Franklin G.

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

Charleston
County Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Lavinya W. and Franklin
G. Defendants,

Of Whom Lavinya
W. is Appellant.

In the
interest of S.F., a minor child under the age of 18.

Appeal From Charleston County

Judy McMahon, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2008-UP-644 

Submitted November 1, 2008 – Filed
November 19, 2008

AFFIRMED

Ellen H. Bentz, of N. Charleston, for Appellant.

Bonnie T Brisbane, of N. Charleston, for Respondent.

Adrianne M. Belton, of Charleston, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Lavinya
W. appeals from the family court’s order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572 (Supp. 2007).[1]  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 counsel.

AFFIRMED.[2]

HEARN, C.J., CURETON, A.J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

[1] Effective June 16, 2008, the General Assembly amended
the Code of Laws of South Carolina by adding Title 63, the South Carolina
Children’s Code, and transferring all provisions of Title 20, Chapter 7 to
Title 63.  See Act No. 361, 2008 S.C. Acts 3623 (stating “the transfer
and reorganization of the code provisions in this act are technical . . . and
are not intended to be substantive”).  Because Title 63 has not yet been bound,
all citations to the statute refer to Title 20.

[2] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to
Rule 215, SCACR.