SCDSS v. Edwards

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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. Misty Dawn Bramlett Edwards and Chad Ledford Edwards, Appellants. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2019-001082 Appeal From Oconee County Tommy B. Edwards, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-318 Submitted November 17, 2020 – Filed November 20, 2020 AFFIRMED Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellants. Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent. Steven Luther Alexander, of Alexander Law Firm, LLC, of Pickens, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Misty Dawn Bramlett Edwards and Chad Ledford Edwards appeal the family court's final order terminating their parental rights to their 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 the Edwards' counsel. AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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