SCDSS v. Rice

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.

Mariah Perkins and Devan Rice,

Of whom Devan Rice is the Appellant,

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-000409

Appeal From Greenville County
Katherine H. Tiffany, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-291
Submitted July 24, 2019 – Filed August 12, 2019

AFFIRMED

Dustin Christian Davis, of Dustin C. Davis, Attorney at
Law, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Richard Whitney Allen, of the South Carolina
Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for
Respondent.
Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Devan Rice appeals the family court's final order terminating his
parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2018). 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 warrant briefing. Accordingly,
we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Rice's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

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

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