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. Crystal Reynolds and Daniel Loving, Defendants, Of whom Daniel Loving is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2022-000183

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-345 Submitted August 17, 2022 – Filed August 18, 2022

AFFIRMED

Robert Mills Ariail, Jr., of Law Office of R. Mills Ariail, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant.

Andrew Troy Potter, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Kimberly Welchel Pease, of Kimberly R. Welchel, Attorney at Law, of Seneca, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Daniel Loving appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his 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 Loving's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1 KONDUROS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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