SCDSS v. Cruz-Torres

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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 Cruz-Torres and Willibaldo Ramirez-Ponce, Defendants, Of whom Melissa Cruz-Torres is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-001905 Appeal From Lexington County Huntley S. Crouch, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-189 Submitted June 16, 2020 – Filed June 16, 2020 AFFIRMED Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, of Greenville, for Appellant. Rebecca Marie Farmer, of Cordell Law LLP, of Columbia; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent. Robin Page, of Robin Page LLC, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Melissa Cruz-Torres 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 Cruz-Torres's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and HILL, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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