SCDSS v. Jackson

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.

Gemaria T. Jackson and Chris Armstrong, Defendants,

Of whom Gemaria T. Jackson is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2016-001225

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-058
Submitted December 21, 2016 – Filed January 20, 2017

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.
Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of
Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

Amy Richmond Callaway, of Richmond Callaway Law
Firm, LLC, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for
Appellant.

PER CURIAM: Gemaria T. Jackson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2016). 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 and relieve Jackson's
counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

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

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