Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 2022

SCDSS v. Labertha Downer

SCDSS v. Labertha Downer
Court of Appeals of South Carolina · Decided September 26, 2022

SCDSS v. Labertha Downer

Opinion

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. Labertha Downer, Elijah White, John White, Michael Gambrell, Dorothy Waters, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Labertha Downer is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-001004

Appeal From Greenville County Tarita A. Dunbar, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-365 Submitted September 23, 2022 โ€“ Filed September 26, 2022

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, 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, as the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Labertha Downer appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her three minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. ยง 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 Downer's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1 KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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