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. Edna Sprinkle, Jason Leopard, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Edna Sprinkle is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2022-000725

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2022-UP-381 Submitted October 5, 2022 – Filed October 12, 2022

AFFIRMED

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

Rebecca Rush Wray, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Robert A. Clark, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Edna Sprinkle 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 Sprinkle's counsel.

AFFIRMED. 1 GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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