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.

Sheree W., Alfred W., James J., and Wendell B., Defendants,

Of whom Sheree W. is the Appellant.

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

Appeal from Colleton County
Peter L. Fuge, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-164
Submitted March 1, 2012 � Filed March 7, 2012���

AFFIRMED

Robert J. Bonds, of Walterboro, for Appellant.

Angela W. Abstance, of Denmark, and Scarlet Bell Moore, of Greenville, for Respondent.

Heather Jones Galvin, of Bluffton, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Sheree W. appeals the family court's order of removal.� 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 grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

AFFIRMED.[1]

FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.�

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