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. Kendra Gibson and Timothy Gibson, Defendants, Of whom Timothy Gibson is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001136

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-487 Submitted November 25, 2014 – Filed December 30, 2014

AFFIRMED

Samuel Carl Weldon, of Weldon Hammond Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville; and Timothy Gibson, pro se, for Appellant.

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

Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Timothy Gibson appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7- 2570 (2010 & Supp. 2013). Upon a thorough review of Gibson's pro se brief, 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 and relieve Gibson's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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