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Unpublished Opinion No. 2003-UP-547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.