SCDSS v. Bianca Winkler

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.

Bianca Winkler and Otis Goodwine, Defendants,

Of whom Bianca Winkler is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001420

Appeal From Orangeburg County
Michael H. Murphy, III, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-007
Submitted December 23, 2024 – Filed January 3, 2025

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant.

Samuel Oscar Thompson, II, of Thompson & Sete'fano,
of Columbia, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Patrick A. McWilliams, of South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.
Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Anderson Law Office, P.A.,
of Orangeburg, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor
children.

PER CURIAM: Bianca Winkler appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2024). 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, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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