SCDSS v. Tricia 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 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services,
Respondent,

v.

Tricia M. and Paul M., Defendants,

Of whom Tricia M. is the Appellant,

In the interest of a minor child under the age of 18 years.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212257

Appeal From Greenville County
Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-680
Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed December 19, 2012

AFFIRMED

Rodney Wade Richey, of Richey & Richey, PA, of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department
of Social Services, of Greenville; and Deborah Murdock,
of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for
Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Robert A. Clark Attorney at Law, of
Greenville, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tricia M. appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp.
2011). 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 that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1

FEW, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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