SCDSS v. Tracey Epps

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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. Taneesha Jackson and Tracey Epps, Defendants, Of Whom Tracey Epps is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2022-000012 Appeal From Charleston County Alice Anne Richter, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-355 Submitted August 31, 2022 – Filed September 13, 2022 AFFIRMED John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. Regina T. Parvin, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Charleston, for Respondent. Josh Keith Roten, of Summerville, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Tracey Epps 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 Epps's counsel. AFFIRMED. 1 WILLIAMS, C.J., THOMAS, J., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur. 1 We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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