UP-446 - SCDSS v. Cheley and Ford

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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. Fredrena Shameka Cheley and Chrondric Maurice Ford, Defendants, Of whom Fredrena Shameka Cheley is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2017-000747 Appeal From Horry County Timothy H. Pogue, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-446 Submitted October 27, 2017 – Filed November 27, 2017 AFFIRMED Melanie Carol Nicholson, of Wright, Worley, Pope, Ekster & Moss, PLLC, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson, Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Ian Andrew Taylor, of the Taylor Law Office, of Georgetown, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Fredrena Shameka Cheley appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2016). 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 Cheley's counsel. AFFIRMED. 1 SHORT, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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