SCDSS v. Baronica S.

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

South Carolina Department
of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Baronica S. and Kendall C.,
in the interest of T. S. and J. S., of whom Kendall C. is Appellant.

Appeal From Lee County

Gordon B. Jenkinson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-023

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January 13, 2009   

AFFIRMED

Charles
T. Brooks, III, for Appellant.

Deborah
Truett Nielsen, of Sumter, for Respondent.

Lauren
Stevens, of Sumter, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER
CURIAM:  Kendall C. appeals the
termination of his parental rights to T. S. and J. S.  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. [1]

WILLIAMS,
PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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