Waldrop v. Gaskins

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

Rachel Leanne Waldrop and Tony Karl Waldrop, Jr.,
Respondents,

v.

Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr., Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-000368

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-034
Submitted January 19, 2021 – Filed February 5, 2021

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville; and Jerald Denton
Gaskins, Jr., of McCormick, pro se, both for Appellant.

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of
Greenville, for Respondents.
Amie Sarah Carpenter, of Greenville, as the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jerald Denton Gaskins, Jr. appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children and granting adoption to Tony
Karl Waldrop, Jr. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Gaskins'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.