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. Eric Matthew Baldy, Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2020-001654

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-126 Submitted April 19, 2021 – Filed April 21, 2021

AFFIRMED

Heather Vry Scalzo, of Byford & Scalzo, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Michael J. Schwartz, of Russell B. Long, PA; and Heather Marie Moore, of Axelrod & Associates, PA, both of Myrtle Beach, for the Guardian ad Litem.

Heather Michelle Cannon, of Heather M. Cannon, LLC, of Conway, as the Guardian ad Litem for the appellant.

PER CURIAM: Eric Baldy appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor child. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2020).

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 Baldy's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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