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. Marlena A., Jermaine P., Defendants, Of whom Marlena A. is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent, v. Marlena A., Kevin B., Defendants.

In the interest of a minor under the age of 18.

Appellate Case No. 2011-197867

Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-357 Submitted June 1, 2012 – Filed June 13, 2012 _____________ AFFIRMED

Thomas Bryant Outlaw, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Marlena A. appeals from 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 PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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