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. Tricia M. and Paul M., Defendants, Of whom Tricia M. is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor child under the age of 18 years.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212257

Appeal From Greenville County Alex Kinlaw, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-680 Submitted December 3, 2012 – Filed December 19, 2012

AFFIRMED

Rodney Wade Richey, of Richey & Richey, PA, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville; and Deborah Murdock, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Robert A. Clark Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tricia M. 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 that warrant briefing.

Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1 FEW, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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