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 Gibson-Jones and Eddie D. Jones, Jr., Defendants, Of whom Jessica Gibson-Jones is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2021-001309

Appeal From York County David G. Guyton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-202 Submitted May 12, 2022 – Filed May 13, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Laronda Deshane Kelley-Smith, of Charlotte, North Carolina, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jessica Gibson-Jones appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Gibson-Jones's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 THOMAS, MCDONALD, and HEWITT, JJ., concur.

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