SCDSS v. Kimberly Spearman

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.

Kimberly Spearman and Jason Luker, Defendants,

Of whom Kimberly Spearman is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-000496

Appeal From Anderson County
M. Scott McElhannon, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-362
Submitted September 29, 2021 – Filed October 18, 2021

AFFIRMED

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail,
Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.
John Marshall Swails, Jr., of Greenville, for the Guardian
ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kimberly Spearman appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Spearman's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

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

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