SCDSS v. Rushing

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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. Melissa Ann Rushing, Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-001160 Appeal From Chesterfield County Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-016 Submitted January 23, 2020 – Filed January 24, 2020 AFFIRMED Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas Warr & White, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent. C. Heath Ruffner, of McLeod & Ruffner, of Cheraw, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor children. PER CURIAM: Melissa Ann Rushing appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Rushing's counsel. AFFIRMED. 1 THOMAS, GEATHERS, and HEWITT, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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