SC DSS v. Jessie W.

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT
SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS
PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE
STATE OF

SOUTH CAROLINA

In
The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social
Services, Respondent,

v.

Jessie W. and T.B., Defendants, of whom
Jessie W. is Appellant.

In the Interests of N. B-W., DOB 5/27/92, and C. B-W., DOB
3/22/91, Minor Children under the Age of 18.

Appeal from

Sumter

County

 W. Jeffrey Young, Family
Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-295

Submitted June 1, 2008 – Filed June 5, 2008   

AFFIRMED

Charles Thomas Brooks, of

Sumter,
for Appellant.

Deborah T. Nielsen, of

Sumter,
for Respondent.

Lauren Boswell Stevens, of

Sumter;
for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jessie W. appeals a family court order issued subsequent to a
merits hearing.  After a
thorough review of the record pursuant to Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381
(1987) and SCDSS v. Frederick Downer, Sr., S.C.Sup.Ct. Order dated February 2, 2005 (expanding the procedure
set forth in Cauthen to situations where an
indigent person appeals from an order imposing other measures short of
termination of parental rights, such as removal, based on child abuse and
neglect), we
affirm[1] the family court’s ruling
and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.

HEARN, C.J., and SHORT, J., and
KONDUROS, J., concur.

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