SCDSS v. Michael Reep

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.

Roxanne Gonzales, Michael Reep, Justin Lohrer,
Gregory Key, and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Michael Reep is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-001509

Appeal From Chesterfield County
Salley Huggins McIntyre, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-071
Submitted January 25, 2023 – Filed February 22, 2023

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Christopher Craig Jackson, of Chris Jackson Law Firm
LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.
C. Heath Ruffner, of McLeod & Ruffner, of Cheraw, for
the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Michael Reep appeals the family court's final order terminating
his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). 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 Reep's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ. concur.

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