SCDSS v. Wanda M.

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.

Wanda M. and
Greg M.,/and/Justin M.  09/11/1991/Brandon M.  02/09/1996/Maria M.  
04/14/1997/Defendants,/Of whom Wanda M. is the mother Appellant.

Appeal From Pickens County

 Aphrodite K. Konduros, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-399

Submitted September 17, 2007 – Filed
September 28, 2007   

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Harry LaDon Phillips, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondent.

Ann Shipman Miner, of Pickens, Steven Luther Alexander, of
Pickens, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:  This appeal arises from the termination of parental
rights (TPR) of Wanda M. (Mother) to three of her minor children.  The family court
found Mother’s parental rights should be terminated because: 1) the children
have been in foster care under the responsibility of the State for fifteen of the
most recent twenty-two months; and 2) Mother has a diagnosable condition
unlikely to change within a reasonable time and the condition makes it unlikely
that she can provide minimally acceptable care to the three minor children. 
Additionally, the court found termination was in the best interests of the
children.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 20-7-1572 (Supp. 2006).  Upon reviewing the record and the family court’s
determination in its entirety pursuant to Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues warranting briefing. 
Accordingly, the family court’s decision is affirmed.[1]

AFFIRMED.

HEARN, CJ., and
HUFF and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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