SCDSS v. Westfall

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.

Sunnee Marie Westfall and Justin K. McDowell,
Defendants,

Of whom Sunnee Marie Westfall, is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2015-002288

Appeal From Horry County
Jack A. Landis, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-225
Submitted May 12, 2016 – Filed May 24, 2016

AFFIRMED

Heather Michelle Cannon, of Heather M. Cannon, LLC,
of Conway, for Appellant.

Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan,
PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent.
Ian Andrew Taylor, of Taylor Law Office, of Pawleys
Island, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sunnee Marie Westfall appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-
2570 (Supp. 2015). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's
finding of facts 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 and relieve Sunnee Marie
Westfall's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT and THOMAS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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