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. Sierra R. and Ronald R., Defendants, Of Whom Sierra R. is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2012-205646

Appeal From Aiken County Deborah Neese, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-467 Submitted July 2, 2012 – Filed July 27, 2012

AFFIRMED

Clarke W. McCants, III, of Nance, McCants & Massey, of Aiken, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Patrick McWilliams, of Aiken, Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sierra R. appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2011). 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.

AFFIRMED.1 PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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