DocketNumber： 2005-UP-012
Filed Date： 1/11/2005
Status： Non-Precedential
Modified Date： 10/11/2024
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.
Virginia Wheeler, John Doe a/k/a Lutier, whose true name is unknown, AND Child: Christina Wheeler DOB: 5/05/99, Defendants,
of whom Virginia Wheeler is Appellant.
Appeal From Beaufort County
Jane D. Fender, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-012
Submitted December 1, 2004 Filed January 11, 2005
AFFIRMED
Daniel A. Saxon, of Hilton Head, for Appellant.
Tracy OKelly Klatt, of Beaufort, for Respondents.
Stacey Canaday, of Beaufort, for Guardian Ad Litem.
PER CURIAM: Virginia Wheeler appears a family court order terminating her parental rights to her minor child Christina. The family court terminated Wheelers parental rights based on her failure to support and meaningfully visit with her child and a finding that termination of parental rights was in Christinas best interest.
Pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), Wheelers counsel attached to the record of the family court proceedings an affidavit stating his belief that the pending appeal lacks merit. The affidavit, along with the transcript of the merits hearing, was served by first-class mail on Wheeler at two different addresses. Wheeler did not file a pro se response.
After reviewing the transcript in its entirety, we hold there are no meritorious issues warranting additional briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family courts decision to terminate Wheelers parental rights. [1]
AFFIRMED.
HEARN, C.J., and GOOLSBY and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rules 215 and 220(b)(2), SCACR.