S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Bates

Full title: South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Angel Bates…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 1, 2015

Appellate Case No. 2015-000830 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 1, 2015)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-000830 Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-550

12-01-2015

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Angel Bates and James Bates, Defendants, Of whom James Bates is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent. Brittany Dreher Senerius, of Senerius & Tye, Attorneys at Law, of Anderson, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

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. Appeal From Anderson County
Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent. Brittany Dreher Senerius, of Senerius & Tye, Attorneys at Law, of Anderson, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : James Bates appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2014). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of facts 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 and relieve Bates's counsel. AFFIRMED. ¹ HUFF, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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