SCDSS v. Derrick M.

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.
Shannon G. and Derrick M., Defendants,
Of whom Derrick M. is the Appellant.
In the interest of a minor child under the age of eighteen.
Appellate Case No. 2013-002506
Appeal From Greenville County
Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-205
Submitted May 19, 2014 – Filed May 23, 2014
AFFIRMED
Cassandra Parks Gorton, of Greenville, for Appellant.
Deborah Murdock, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of
Mauldin, for Respondent.
Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law,
of Greenville, for Guardian ad Litem.
Lisa Richardson Mobley, of Mobley Law Firm, of
Greenville, for the Foster Parents.
PER CURIAM: Derrick M. appeals the family court's final order terminating his
parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp.
2013). 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 that warrant briefing.
Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.
AFFIRMED.1
WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.