UP-270 - SCDSS v. Nelson

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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 South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. TyShema Nelson, Kevin Hairston, Eddie Williams, IV, Rodney Sapp, Shawn Hairston, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom TyShema Nelson is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2015-002633 Appeal From Dillon County Michael S. Holt, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-270 Submitted May 5, 2016 – Filed June 3, 2016 AFFIRMED Melvin Wayne Cockrell, III, of Cockrell Law Firm, P.C., of Chesterfield, for Appellant. John D. McInnis, Jr., of John D. McInnis, Jr., Attorney at Law, of Dillon; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent. Jesse Stanley Cartrette, Jr., of Florence, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: TyShema Nelson appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-72570 (Supp. 2015). 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 Nelson's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, LOCKEMY, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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