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. Lacey W. Sisler, Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2017-001834

Appeal From Anderson County David E. Phillips, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-210 Submitted April 26, 2018 – Filed May 9, 2018

AFFIRMED

Kimberly Yancey Brooks, of Kimberly Y. Brooks, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for Appellant.

James Victor McDade, of Doyle Tate & McDade, PA, of Anderson, for Respondent.

John Marshall Swails Jr., of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Lacey W. Sisler appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). Upon a thorough review of the transcript 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 Sisler's counsel.

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

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