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2011-UP-053 - SCDSS v. Candida A.

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.

Candida A., James A., and John Doe, Defendants,

Of whom Candida A. and James A. are the Appellants.

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


Appeal From Sumter County
George M. McFaddin, Jr., Family Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-053
Submitted February 1, 2011 � Filed February 10, 2011���


AFFIRMED


Willie H. Brunson, of Sumter, for Appellant Candida A.

Everett J. Mercer, of Sumter, for Appellant James A.

Deborah T. Nielsen, of Sumter, for Respondent.

Deborah Dawson, of Sumter, Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Candida A. and James A. both appeal from the family court's final order terminating their parental rights to their 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 the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.[1]

WILLIAMS and KONDUROS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.� ��� �


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