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. Linda J. S., Christopher D. S., Of whom Christopher D. S. is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor child under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212653

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-113 Submitted February 4, 2013 – Filed March 13, 2013

AFFIRMED

Richard W. Allen, of The Law Offices of Richard W.

Allen, L.L.C., of Laurens, for Appellant.

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

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

PER CURIAM: Christopher D. S. appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (2010 & Supp. 2012). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of facts 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 HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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