SCDSS v. Stayman

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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. Heather Theresa Stayman and Sean Patrick Kearney, Jr., Defendants, Of whom Heather Theresa Stayman is the Appellant. In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2021-000545 Appeal From Horry County Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-310 Submitted August 20, 2021 – Filed August 26, 2021 AFFIRMED Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant. Virginia Ann Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, LLC, of Camden, for Respondent. Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Heather Theresa Stayman appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020). 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 Stayman's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 KONDUROS, HILL, and HEWITT, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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