SCDSS v. Michael Gambrell

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.

Labertha Downer, Elijah White, John White, Michael
Gambrell, Dorothy Waters, and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Michael Gambrell is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001086

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-366
Submitted September 23, 2022 – Filed September 26, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social
Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.
Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, as the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Michael Gambrell appeals the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his 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 Gambrell's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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