SCDSS v. Atkinson

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.

Jennifer Marie Atkinson and Maliel Perez, Defendants,

Of whom Jennifer Marie Atkinson is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2017-001212

Appeal From Horry County
Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-002
Submitted December 11, 2017 – Filed January 2, 2018

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

Charles Richard Rhodes, Jr., of Charles R. Rhodes Jr.
PC, of Conway, for Respondent.
Ian Andrew Taylor, of Taylor Law Office, of Pawleys
Island, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jennifer Marie Atkinson appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). Upon a thorough review of the transcript 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
Atkinson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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