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. Nichole Ann Mack Joyner, Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-000187

Appeal From Horry County Melissa J. Buckhannon, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-367 Submitted October 30, 2019 – Filed November 12, 2019

AFFIRMED

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

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

Ryan A. Stampfle, of Indigo Family Law, LLC, of Surfside Beach; and Michael Julius Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA, of Myrtle Beach, both for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Nichole Ann Mack Joyner appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2019). 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 Joyner's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 SHORT, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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