SCDSS v. Bethel

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.

Kristina Bethel, Robert Bethel, Joseph Bricen, and John
Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Kristina Bethel is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2016-000482

Appeal from Marlboro County
Timothy H. Pogue, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-004
Submitted December 21, 2016 – Filed January 4, 2017

AFFIRMED

Sally Ward Peace, of Sally Ward Peace, PA, of Conway,
for Appellant.

Delton W. Powers, Jr., of Powers Law Firm, PC, of
Bennettsville, for Respondent.
Elizabeth Rogers Munnerlyn, of Elizabeth R. Munnerlyn,
PA, of Bennettsville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kristina Bethel appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2016). 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 383 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Kristina Bethel's
counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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