DSS v. S.M.P.

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.

Shelton O. P., Appellant.

In the Interest
of S.M.P., a minor under the age of 18.

Appeal From Berkeley County

Paul W. Garfinkel, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.   2009-UP-405

Submitted September 1, 2009 – Filed
September 2, 2009

AFFIRMED

R. Scott Wallinger, Jr., of Charleston, for Appellant.

Wolfgang Louis Kelly, of Moncks Corner, for Respondent.

Tammie Lynn Hoffman, of North Charleston, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Shelton
O.P. appeals from the family court’s
order terminating his parental rights to his minor child.  See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-4-2570 (2008).  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]

HUFF, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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