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. Jessica Griggs and Tyran Harriot, Defendants, Of whom Tyran Harriot is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-000144

Appeal From Darlington County Salley Huggins McIntyre, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-294 Submitted July 14, 2021 – Filed August 5, 2021

AFFIRMED

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

Tracy L. Bomar-Howze, of The Howze Law Firm, of Rock Hill; and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, both for Respondent.

Stuart Wesley Snow, Sr., of Snow & Bailey Law Firm, P.A., of Florence, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Tyran Harriot 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 Harriot's counsel.

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

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