Opinion
2013-UP-032
01-16-2013
Lynn Marie Kanitz, Respondent. v. Neil Treavor Mangrum, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2011-194287
Neil Treavor Mangrum, of Greer, pro se. Lynn Marie Kanitz, of Greer, pro se.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted December 3, 2012
Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge.
Neil Treavor Mangrum, of Greer, pro se.
Lynn Marie Kanitz, of Greer, pro se.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:
1. As to whether the family court erred in finding Mangrum in contempt for violating a visitation provision in his divorce order: Argabright v. Argabright, 398 S.C. 176, 179, 727 S.E.2d 748, 750 (2012) (noting the standard of review in appeals from the family court is de novo); Hawkins v. Mullins, 359 S.C. 497, 501, 597 S.E.2d 897, 899 (Ct. App. 2004) ("A party may be found in contempt of court for the willful violation of a lawful court order.").
2. As to whether the family court erred in finding Mangrum in contempt for violating a restraining order against confrontation and harassment of the other party in the presence of their minor child: Argabright, 398 S.C. at 179, 727 S.E.2d at 750 (noting the standard of review in appeals from the family court is de novo); Hawkins, 359 S.C. at 501, 597 S.E.2d at 899 ("A party may be found in contempt of court for the willful violation of a lawful court order.").
3. As to whether the family court erred in awarding Kanitz attorney's fees: Chisholm v. Chisholm, 396 S.C. 507, 510, 722 S.E.2d 222, 223 (2012) (stating an appellate court reviews the family court's grant of attorney's fees de novo); Miller v. Miller, 375 S.C. 443, 463, 652 S.E.2d 754, 764 (Ct. App. 2007) ("Courts, by exercising their contempt power, can award attorney's fees under a compensatory contempt theory.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
FEW, C.J, and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ, concur.