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. Brittni Clements and Casey Luyben, Sr., Defendants, Of whom Casey Luyben, Sr. is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-000491

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2021-UP-363 Submitted October 15, 2021 – Filed October 21, 2021

AFFIRMED

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

Vernon Bailey Atkins, III, of Atkins Law Firm, P.A., of Greenville, as the Guardian ad Litem for Appellant.

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

Don J. Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem for the child.

PER CURIAM: Casey Luyben, Sr. 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 Luyben's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1 LOCKEMY, C.J., and HILL and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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