SCDSS v. Amber M.

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.

Amber M., William M., and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom William M. is the Appellant,

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

Appellate Case No. 2012-213709

Appeal From Pickens County
W. Marsh Robertson, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-193
Submitted April 19, 2013 – Filed May 14, 2013

AFFIRMED

Raymond Talmage Wooten, of Smith, Jordan, Lavery &
Lee, P.A., of Easley, for Appellant.

Patti Beverly Brady, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Pickens, for Respondent.
Steven Luther Alexander, of the Alexander Law Firm, of
Pickens, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: William M. appeals from the family court's final order
terminating his parental rights to his minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-
2570 (2010 & Supp. 2012). 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 that warrant
briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.