SCDSS v. Tiffany Carter

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.

Tiffany Carter and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Tiffany Carter is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000717

Appeal From Lancaster County
Debra A. Matthews, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-336
Submitted October 19, 2023 – Filed October 20, 2023

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of
Union, for Appellant.

Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of
Rock Hill, and Angela Michelle Killian, of South
Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lancaster,
both for Respondent.
Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tiffany Carter appeals the family court's final order terminating
her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2022). 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 Carter's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.

1
We decide this case without argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.