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. Kristian Stewart, Raphael Snell, and John Doe, Defendants, Of whom Kristian Stewart is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2024-000095

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-314 Submitted September 10, 2024 – Filed September 10, 2024

AFFIRMED

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

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

Megan Goodwin Burke, of Greenville; and Don J.

Stevenson, of Don J. Stevenson, Attorney at Law, of Greenville, both for the Guardians ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kristian Stewart appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2023). 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 Stewart's counsel.

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

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