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. Kayla Cooper, Matthew C. Felker, Donna Felker, and William Felker, Defendants, Of whom Kayla Cooper is the Appellant.

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

Appellate Case No. 2025-000539

Appeal From Newberry County Usha J. Bridges, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-401 Submitted December 3, 2025 – Filed December 4, 2025

AFFIRMED

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

Ashley P. Case, of Fountain Inn, for Respondent.

David E. Simpson, of David Simpson, Attorney and Counselor at Law, of Rock Hill, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Kayla Cooper appeals the family court's order granting custody of her minor child to Donna and William Felker. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660 (2010 & Supp. 2025). 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 Cooper's counsel.

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, C.J., and THOMAS and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

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