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2009-UP-164 - SCDSS v. Sheila G.

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.� IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent,

v.

Sheila G., Leroy G., Gregory B. and John D.,  Defendants,

of whom Sheila G. is the Appellant.

In the interest of five children under the age of 18.


Appeal From Darlington County
�Jamie Lee Murdock, Jr., Family Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-164
Submitted March 2, 2009 � Filed April 6, 2009��


Affirmed


David Craig Brown, of Florence, for Appellant.

Elizabeth Biggerstaff York, of Hartsville, for Respondent.

Robbie Forrester Gardner, III, of Hartsville, for Guardian Ad Litem.

PER CURIAM:� Sheila G. appeals the termination of her parental rights to five children under the age of 18.� See S.C. Code Ann. � 63-7-2570 (Supp. 2008).� 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 counsel.�

AFFIRMED.[1]

HEARN, C.J., GEATHERS, J., and GOOLSBY, A.J. concur.


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