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.

Martha H., Jimmy J., and John Doe (whose true name is unknown),   Defendants,

Of whom Jimmy J. is the Appellant.

In the interest of two minor children.

Appeal From Spartanburg County
Phillip K. Sinclair, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-405��
Submitted July 1, 2011 � Filed August 25, 2011

AFFIRMED

J. Christopher Bonds, of Spartanburg, for Appellant.

Deborah� Murdock, of Mauldin, for Respondent.

Michael Todd Thigpen, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Jimmy J. appeals the family court's final order terminating parental rights to his minor children.� See S.C. Code Ann. � 63-7-2570 (2010).� 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[1] �the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., THOMAS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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