SCDSS v Bostic

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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. Tia Mi'shia Kelley and Sincere Bostic, Defendants, Of whom Sincere Bostic is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2021-000344 Appeal From Greenville County Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-151 Submitted March 16, 2022 – Filed March 24, 2022 AFFIRMED Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant. Amanda Stiles, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent. Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Sincere Bostic appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Bostic's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 GEATHERS and HILL, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur. 1 We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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