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. Fredrena Shameka Cheley and Chrondric Maurice Ford, Defendants, Of whom Chrondric Maurice Ford is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-001467

Appeal From Horry County Ronald R. Norton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-174 Submitted May 8, 2019 – Filed May 13, 2019

AFFIRMED

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

Ernest Joseph Jarrett, of Jenkinson Jarrett & Kellahan, PA, of Kingstree, for Respondent.

Ian Andrew Taylor, of the Taylor Law Office, of Georgetown, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Chrondric Maurice Ford appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2018). 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 Ford's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 HUFF, THOMAS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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