SCDSS v. Christopher

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.

Nikkita Christopher, Jose Gonzalez, Christian Javier
Martinez, Victor Matheis Del'Angel, and Santiago Garcia
Perez, Defendants,

Of whom Nikkita Christopher is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2016-000137

Appeal From Spartanburg County
James F. Fraley, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-388
Submitted July 21, 2016 – Filed July 25, 2016

AFFIRMED

Richard Whitney Allen, of The Law Offices of Richard
W. Allen, L.L.C., of Laurens, for Appellant.
Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC,
of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Jamia Diann Foster, of Albert V. Smith, PA, of
Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Nikkita Christopher appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-
2570 (Supp. 2015). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's
findings 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 Christopher's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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