SCDSS v. Cruz-Torres ( 2020 )

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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.
Melissa Cruz-Torres and Willibaldo Ramirez-Ponce,
Defendants,
Of whom Melissa Cruz-Torres is the Appellant.
In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2019-001905
Appeal From Lexington County
Huntley S. Crouch, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-189
Submitted June 16, 2020 – Filed June 16, 2020
AFFIRMED
Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, of
Greenville, for Appellant.
Rebecca Marie Farmer, of Cordell Law LLP, of
Columbia; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both
for Respondent.
Robin Page, of Robin Page LLC, of Columbia, for the
Guardian ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Melissa Cruz-Torres appeals the family court's final order
terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann.
§ 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Cruz-Torres's counsel.
AFFIRMED.1
WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and HILL, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.