SCDSS v. Brittany R. Howell

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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.

Brittany Rochelle Howell and William Christopher
Turner, Defendants,

Of whom Brittany Rochelle Howell is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-000892

Appeal From Spartanburg County
M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-087
Submitted March 12, 2025 – Filed March 14, 2025

AFFIRMED

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

Deborah M. Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of
Mauldin, for Respondent.
Jonathan Drew Hammond, of Greer, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Brittany Rochelle Howell appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2024). 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.

AFFIRMED. 1

THOMAS, HEWITT, and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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