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. Mattie B., Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2012-206506

Appeal From Oconee County Harry L. Phillips, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-396 Submitted June 1, 2012 – Filed June 27, 2012

AFFIRMED

Ann Marie Sullivan, of Merrell & Jahn, PA, of Seneca, for Appellant.

Kimberly Renae Welchel, of Walhalla, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Mattie B. appeals the family court's order terminating parental rights to her minor child. 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 affirm1 the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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