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. Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper, James Ray Cooper, and Kevin Penland, Defendants, Of whom Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2021-000759

Appeal From Oconee County Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-092 Submitted February 23, 2022 – Filed March 2, 2022

AFFIRMED

Kathleen J. Hodges, of Law Offices of Kathleen J.

Hodges, LLC, of Belton, for Appellant.

Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Walhalla; and Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, both for Respondent.

Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Huldie Leeann Jordan Cooper appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2021). 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 Cooper's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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