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.

Sierra R., Ronald R., Defendants,

Of whom Ronald R. is the, Appellant.

In the interest of three minors under the age of 18.

Appeal from Aiken County
The Honorable Vicki J. Snelgrove, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-050
Submitted January 2, 2012 – Filed January 25, 2012   

AFFIRMED

Dorothy H. Hogg, of Augusta, for Appellant.

Dennis M. Gmerek, of Aiken, for Respondent.

Patrick A. McWilliams, of Aiken, for Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Ronald R. appeals the family court's final order terminating his 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 the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.[1]

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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