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. Pamela Mack, Virgil Shell, Johnny Dickerson, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Johnny Dickerson is the Appellant, In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000815

Appeal From Lexington County Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-363 Submitted September 15, 2014 – Filed October 15, 2014

AFFIRMED

John Clark Phillips, Jr., of the Law Office of John C.

Phillips, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Lillia Ann Gray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lexington; and Sheryl Annette Sauls, of Chapin, for Respondent.

Robin Page, of the Law Office of Robin Page, LLC, of Columbia, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Johnny Dickerson 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. 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 WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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