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 Sebastian Velasquez and Natalia Galeano, Respondents, v. Nancy Cruz, f/k/a Nancy Velasquez, and f/k/a, Nancy Cruz Velasquez, Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2024-000352

Appeal From Spartanburg County M. Todd Thigpen, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-363 Submitted October 10, 2024 – Filed October 15, 2024

AFFIRMED

Harry A. Hancock, of Columbia, for Appellant.

John R. Bell, Jr., of Greenville, for Respondents.

Kenneth Philip Shabel, of Kennedy & Brannon, P.A., as the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Nancy Cruz appeals the family court's final order terminating her parental rights to her minor child. 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 Cruz's counsel.

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

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