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. Justace A. Lowe, Russell Davis, Jr., Peggy Davis, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Peggy Davis is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2020-000486

Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-302 Submitted October 23, 2020 – Filed November 4, 2020

AFFIRMED

Matthew P. Head, of Head Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Vanessa Cason, of Greenville, as Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

Amanda B. Stiles, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the minor child.

PER CURIAM: Peggy Davis appeals the family court's final order denying her request for custody of her grandson and dismissing her as a party to the action. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1700 (Supp. 2019) (providing the family court may order relative placement as a permanent plan). 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 Davis's counsel.

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

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