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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. Thomas Drotar and Nicole Lehmbeck, Defendants, of whom Nicole Lehmbeck is the Appellant. In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen. Appellate Case No. 2026-000346 Appeal From Georgetown County Timothy H. Pogue, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-469 Submitted November 3, 2026 – Filed November 4, 2026 AFFIRMED Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo, for Appellant. Alwyn Taylor Silver, of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, of Georgetown, for Respondent. Joe Michael Crosby, of Crosby Law Firm, LLC, of Georgetown, for the Guardian ad Litem. PER CURIAM: Nicole Lehmbeck appeals the family court's final order removing her two minor children from her custody; granting sole custody of the minor children to their father, Thomas Drotar; authorizing the Department of Social Services to forego reasonable efforts at reunification; and closing the case. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1660 (2010 & Supp. 2025); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-1640(C) (Supp. 2025). 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 Lehmbeck's counsel. AFFIRMED.1 GEATHERS, HEWITT, and VINSON, JJ., concur. 1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.