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. Karen M. Gates and John F. Gibson, Jr., Defendants, Of whom Karen M. Gates is the Appellant.

In the interests of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001340

Appeal From Lexington County Robert E. Newton, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2024-UP-203 Submitted May 20, 2024 – Filed May 29, 2024

AFFIRMED

John Brandt Rucker and Allyson Sue Rucker, both of The Rucker Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant.

Christopher Ryan Johnson, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Lexington, for Respondent.

Brett Lamb Stevens, of University of South Carolina School of Law, of Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Karen M. Gates 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.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and TURNER, JJ., concur.

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