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. Keysha L. Cowan, Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2015-002599

Appeal From Charleston County Nancy C. McLin, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-360 Submitted June 14, 2016 – Filed July 13, 2016

AFFIRMED

Lesley Ann Sasser, of Law Office of Lesley Ann Sasser, LLC, of Conway, for Appellant.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Jessica Lynn Means, of Hall & Means, LLC, of Charleston, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Keysha L. Cowan appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7- 2570 (Supp. 2015). 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 and relieve Cowan's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and WILLIAMS and MCDONALD, JJ.

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