SCDSS v. Whinta Nickens

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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. Omar L. Thompson, Whinta Nickens, and Kevin Childs, Defendants, Of whom Whinta Nickens is the Appellant. In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2023-001213 Appeal From Orangeburg County Anne Gue Jones, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-045 Submitted January 16, 2024 – Filed February 1, 2024 AFFIRMED Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Patrick A. McWilliams, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Orangeburg, for Respondent. Jerrod Austin Anderson, of Anderson Law Office, P.A., of Orangeburg, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Whinta Nickens appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). 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. AFFIRMED. 1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and HEWITT and VERDIN, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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