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 Socials Services, Respondent, v. Andrea Benjamin and Ricky Pittman, Defendants, Of whom Andrea Benjamin is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2018-001858

Appeal From Cherokee County James F. Fraley, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-381 Submitted November 27, 2019 – Filed December 6, 2019

AFFIRMED

Donae Alecia Minor, of Minor Law Offices LLC, of Fort Mill, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Andrea Benjamin appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Benjamin's counsel.

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

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