SCDSS v. Miller

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.

Merritt Miller and Charles Wayne Parker, Jr.,
Defendants,

Of whom Merritt Miller is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor child under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001168

Appeal From Anderson County
Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-054
Submitted February 14, 2024 – Filed February 14, 2024

AFFIRMED

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

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.
Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly R. Welchel,
Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Merritt Miller appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2023). 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.

AFFIRMED. 1

THOMAS, MCDONALD, and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

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