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. Norma J. Walker, Steve Holmes, John Waller, Defendants.

Of Whom Norma J. Walker is the Appellant, In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001057

Appeal From Greenville County Harry L. (Don) Phillips, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-358 Submitted October 2, 2014 – Filed October 9, 2014

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker, of Brandt Rucker Attorney At Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Don J. Stevenson, of Greenville, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Norma J. Walker appeals the family court's order of removal.

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), and S.C. Dep't of Soc. Servs. v. Frederick Downer, Sr., S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated Feb. 2, 2005, we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing.

Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, SHORT, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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