SCDSS v. Pratt

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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. Jessica Danielle Barnhill Pratt and Paul Ray Pratt, Defendants, Of whom Jessica Danielle Barnhill Pratt is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000350 Appeal From Horry County Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-243 Submitted August 7, 2020 – Filed August 11, 2020 AFFIRMED Melanie Carol Nicholson, of Law Office of Melanie C. Nicholson, of North Myrtle Beach, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA, and Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, both of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Jessica Danielle Barnhill Pratt appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her 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 Pratt's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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