SCDSS v. Wright

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RTHIS 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. Maranda Wright, Daniel King, and Steven Sherman, Defendants, Of whom Maranda Wright is the Appellant and Daniel King and Steven Sherman are Respondents. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000094 Appeal From Oconee County Edgar H. Long, Jr., Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-295 Submitted October 23, 2020 – Filed October 28, 2020 AFFIRMED Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of The Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr. of Greenville, for Appellant. Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Social Services. Mary Elizabeth Parrilla, of The Parrilla Law Firm, LLC of Anderson, for Respondent Daniel King. Thomas Harper Collins, of Harper Collins LLC, of Anderson, and Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, both for Respondent Steven Sherman. Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly R. Welchel, Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Maranda Wright 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 Wright's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 THOMAS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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