SCDSS v. Moore

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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. Brittanie Lee Moore and Shiquan Lenneal Sanders, Defendants, Of whom Brittanie Lee Moore is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2020-000991 Appeal From Horry County Melissa J. Buckhannon, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-339 Submitted December 17, 2020 – Filed December 22, 2020 AFFIRMED Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant. Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent. Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA; and Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA, both of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Brittanie Lee Moore 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 Moore'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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