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 HSBC Mortgage Services Inc., Respondent, v. Alice Lucas a/k/a Alice Marie Felder-Lucas; Dwight Lucas; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MIN #100176105012597608); Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MIN # 1002033- 0000024059-5); Windsor Lake Park Homeowners Association, Inc.; Defendants, Of Whom Alice Lucas and Dwight Lucas are the Appellants.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000747

Appeal From Richland County Joseph M. Strickland, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-262 Submitted February 1, 2016 – Filed June 8, 2016

AFFIRMED

Dwight Lucas and Alice Lucas, both of Columbia, pro se.

Rebecca Kinlein Lindahl and Richard L Farley, both of Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Bryson v. Bryson, 378 S.C. 502, 510, 662 S.E.2d 611, 615 (Ct. App. 2008) ("An issue is deemed abandoned and will not be considered on appeal if the argument is raised in a brief but not supported by authority."); In re McCracken, 346 S.C. 87, 92, 551 S.E.2d 235, 238 (2001) ("A bald assertion, without supporting argument, does not preserve an issue for appeal."); B & A Dev., Inc. v. Georgetown Cty., 372 S.C. 261, 271, 641 S.E.2d 888, 894 (2007) ("It is well settled that an issue . . . must have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial court to be preserved for appellate review.").

AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, A.C.J., and KONDUROS and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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