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 Kathleen Ransom and Frank R. Ransom, Respondents, v. Christopher O. Brisbon and Catrina M.W., Defendants, Of Whom Christopher O. Brisbon is the Appellant.

In the interest of a minor under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000660

Appeal From Lee County George M. McFaddin, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-113 Submitted January 26, 2016 – Filed February 25, 2016

AFFIRMED

Cody Tarlton Mitchell, of Lucas Warr & White, of Hartsville, for Appellant.

Stephen Bryan Doby, of Jennings & Jennings, PA, of Bishopville, for Respondents.

Charlie Jay Johnson, Jr., of Charlie Jay Johnson, Jr., Attorney At Law LLC, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Christopher O. Brisbon appeals the family court's order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2015). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's finding 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 Brisbon's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 FEW, C.J., and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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