SCDSS v. Dontrell Rufus

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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. Dontrell Rufus and "John Doe," Defendants, Of whom Dontrell Rufus is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2022-000314 Appeal From Richland County Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-349 Submitted August 29, 2022 – Filed August 30, 2022 AFFIRMED Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant. Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent. Angela L. Kohel, of Richland County CASA, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Dontrell Rufus 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 Rufus's counsel. AFFIRMED. 1 GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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