SC Department of Social Services v. Mann

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services,       
Respondent,

v.

Rosalie Mann, Harold Hopkins, and John Doe, and CHILD: Christopher A. Hopkins,
DOB: 7-3-96, CHILD: Lexus M. Hopkins, DOB: 9-4-97, minor children under the
age of fourteen years,        Defendants,

Of whom Rosalie Mann is       
Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

H. Bruce Williams, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion
No. 2003-UP-547

Submitted July 15, 2003 – Filed September
25, 2003

AFFIRMED

Sherwood M. Cleveland, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Lyn Howell Hensel, of Columbia, for Respondent.

John D. Elliott, of Columbia, Guardian ad Litem.

Nelda T. Smyrl, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad
Litem.

PER CURIAM:  Rosalie Mann appeals from a family court order terminating
her parental rights to her two minor children.  Pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen,
291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), Mann’s counsel attached to the record of
the family court proceedings an affidavit stating his belief that the appeal
lacks merit.  Mann did not file a response to counsel’s affidavit.  Upon reviewing
the record and the family court’s determination in its entirety, we find no
meritorious issues warranting briefing.  Accordingly, the family court’s decision
is

AFFIRMED. [1]

HEARN, C.J., CONNOR and ANDERSON, JJ., concur.

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