Middleton v. Middleton

Full title: Christine Fiedler Middleton, Appellant, v. Anthony John Middleton…

Court: THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 25, 2012

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-016 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 25, 2012)

Opinion

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-016

01-25-2012

Christine Fiedler Middleton, Appellant, v. Anthony John Middleton, Respondent.

W. Tracy Brown, of Charleston, for Appellant. William J. Clifford, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

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.

Appeal From Dorchester County

William J. Wylie, Jr., Family Court Judge

AFFIRMED

W. Tracy Brown, of Charleston, for Appellant.

William J. Clifford, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : Christine Fiedler Middleton appeals the family court's dismissal of her complaint for lack of jurisdiction. We affirm¹ pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 20–3–620(C) (Supp. 2010) ("The [family] court's order as it affects distribution of marital property shall be a final order not subject to modification except by appeal or remand following proper appeal."); Price v. Price, 325 S.C. 379, 382, 480 S.E.2d 92, 93 (Ct. App. 1996) ("Except for those matters over which a court retains continuing jurisdiction, terms of a final property settlement agreement, once approved, are binding on the parties and the court.").

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

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., THOMAS and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.