SCDSS v. Lacey

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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. Connie Marie Moore and John Elton Lacey, Defendants, Of whom John Elton Lacey is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-001467 Appeal From Chesterfield County Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-111 Submitted April 3, 2020 – Filed April 22, 2020 AFFIRMED Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas Warr & White, of Hartsville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant. Delton W. Powers, Jr., of Powers Law Firm, PC, of Bennettsville, for Respondent. C. Heath Ruffner, of McLeod & Ruffner, of Cheraw, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child. PER CURIAM: John Elton Lacey appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. 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 Lacey's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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