South Carolina Dept. of Social Services v. Elizabeth M.

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

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jun 20, 2012

2012-UP-379 (S.C. Ct. App. Jun. 20, 2012)

Opinion

2012-UP-379

06-20-2012

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Jenny Elizabeth M. and Monroe H., III, Defendants, Of whom Jenny Elizabeth M. is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Dorothy H. Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, Georgia, for Appellant. Dennis M. Gmerek, of the Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent. Amy P. Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted June 1, 2012.

Appeal From Aiken County Appellate Case No. 2012-207007, Vicki J. Snelgrove, Family Court Judge

Dorothy H. Hogg, of Fulcher Hagler, LLP, of Augusta, Georgia, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of the Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Amy P. Shumpert, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:

Jenny Elizabeth M. appeals from the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2011). 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

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

FEW, C. J., and HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.