UP-084 - SCDSS v. Dellinger

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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. Joshua L. Dellinger and Jessica L. Blackwell, Defendants, Of whom Joshua L. Dellinger is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2018-000917 Appeal From York County Thomas Henry White, IV, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-084 Submitted February 4, 2019 – Filed February 14, 2019 AFFIRMED Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. R. Chadwick Smith, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Rock Hill, for Respondent. Rebecca T. McNerney, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Joshua L. Dellinger appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-72570 (Supp. 2018). 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 warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Dellinger's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and SHORT and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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