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. Phylicia Horton, Appellant, In the interest of a minor child under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000072

Appeal From Dillon County Salley Huggins McIntyre, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-328 Submitted August 25, 2014 – Filed August 29, 2014

AFFIRMED

Sally Ward Peace, of Sally Ward Peace, P.A., of Conway, for Appellant.

John D. McInnis, Jr., of John D. McInnis, Jr., Attorney at Law, of Dillon; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of the Law Office of Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Janet Dawn Altman Byrd, of Dillon, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Phylicia Horton 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. 2013). 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 HUFF, SHORT, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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