SCDSS v. Jessica Gibson-Jones

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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.

Jessica Gibson-Jones and Eddie D. Jones, Jr.,
Defendants,

Of whom Jessica Gibson-Jones is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-001309

Appeal From York County
David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-202
Submitted May 12, 2022 – Filed May 13, 2022

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks,
Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.
Laronda Deshane Kelley-Smith, of Charlotte, North
Carolina, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jessica Gibson-Jones appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Gibson-Jones's
counsel.

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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