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 Kara S. Addy and Michael A. Addy, Respondents, v. Richard B. Mock, Jr., Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2017-002352

Appeal From Richland County Michelle M. Hurley, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-366 Submitted August 27, 2018 – Filed September 6, 2018

AFFIRMED

Melinda Inman Butler, of The Butler Law Firm, of Union, for Appellant.

Carrie Ann Warner, of Carrie A. Warner, Attorney at Law, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents.

April Lawhon Gremillion, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Richard B. Mock, Jr., appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2017). 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 warrant briefing.

Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Mock's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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