South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Bates

PER CURIAM

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted October 28, 2015

Appeal From Anderson County, No. 2015-000830 Karen F. Ballenger, Family Court Judge

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

Kaye Davis, of South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Anderson, for Respondent.

Brittany Dreher Senerius, of Senerius & Tye, Attorneys at Law, of Anderson, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM

James Bates appeals the family court's final order terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2014). Upon a thorough review of the record and the family court's findings of facts and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues that warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling and relieve Bates's counsel.

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.