S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Dempsey

PER CURIAM

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. Appeal From Lexington County
Peter R. Nuessle, Family Court Judge

Earnest Deon O'Neil, of Columbia, for Appellant. Jordan Phillip Gibson, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, for Respondent. Robin Page, of Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM : John Eric Dempsey appeals the family court's final order removing his minor children pursuant to section 63-7-1660 of the South Carolina Code (2010 & Supp. 2016). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of facts and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing. See also S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Frederick Downer, Sr., S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated Feb. 2, 2005 ("[W]e expand the procedure set forth in Cauthen to situations . . . where an indigent person appeals from an order imposing other measures short of termination of parental rights, such as removal, based on child abuse and neglect."). Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Dempsey's counsel. AFFIRMED. GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.