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. Gemaria T. Jackson and Chris Armstrong, Defendants, Of whom Gemaria T. Jackson is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2016-001225

Appeal From Spartanburg County Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-058 Submitted December 21, 2016 – Filed January 20, 2017

AFFIRMED

Richard Whitney Allen, of The Law Offices of Richard W. Allen, L.L.C., of Laurens, for Appellant.

Deborah Murdock Gentry, of Murdock Law Firm, LLC, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Wendy Nicole Griffith, of Talley Law Firm, P.A., of Spartanburg, for the Guardian ad Litem.

Amy Richmond Callaway, of Richmond Callaway Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

PER CURIAM: Gemaria T. Jackson appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2016). 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 Jackson's counsel.

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

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