SCDSS v. Major

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.

Crystal Major and Matthew McAlister, Defendants,

Of whom Crystal Major is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2016-000338

Appeal From Greenville County
Tarita A. Dunbar, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-400
Submitted July 21, 2016 – Filed August 2, 2016

AFFIRMED

Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of
Greenville, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC,
of Mauldin; and Vanessa Hartman Kormylo, of Vanessa
Hartman Kormylo, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondent.
Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Crystal Major 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 Major's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and WILLIAMS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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