UP-180 - Harris v. McKinney

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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 Brian & Candi Harris, Respondents, v. Lauren McKinney, Tyrone Jerry, Catawba Indian Nation, and South Carolina Department of Social Services, Defendants, Of whom Tyrone Jerry is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor child under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2014-001721 Appeal From Aiken County Gordon B. Jenkinson, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-180 Submitted March 23, 2015 – Filed April 2, 2015 AFFIRMED Christopher Charles Johnson, of Nimmons & Malchow, P.C., of Augusta, GA, for Appellant. Brian Austin Katonak, of the Law Office of Brian Katonak, PA, of Aiken, Respondents. PER CURIAM: Tyrone Jerry appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. 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. AFFIRMED.1 FEW, C.J., and HUFF and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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