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. Crystal Berry, David Allison, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom David Allison is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2019-001631

Appeal From Greenville County W. Marsh Robertson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-304 Submitted October 9, 2020 – Filed November 6, 2020

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Rebecca Rush Wray, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: David Allison appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his 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 Allison's counsel.

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

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