Mark Barton v. Amy Barton

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

Mark Barton, Respondent,

v.

Amy Barton, Appellant.

Appeal From Aiken County

Dale Moore Gable, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-171

Submitted February 1, 2010 – Filed March
1, 2010   

AFFIRMED

Mark J. Devine, of Aiken, for Appellant.

Gregory Harlow, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Amy
Barton (Wife) appeals the family court's division of marital assets and
obligations.  Specifically, Wife avers the family court erred in awarding Mark
Barton (Husband) 50% of the motor home's equity.  We affirm[1] pursuant
to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-630(A) (Supp. 2009) (defining marital property as
"all real and personal property which has been acquired by the parties
during the marriage and which is owned as of the date of filing or commencement
of marital litigation"); S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-620(B) (Supp. 2009) (identifying
the fifteen factors of equitable
distribution which the family court judge must consider during the apportionment
of marital property); Nasser-Moghaddassi
v. Moghaddassi, 364 S.C. 182, 197, 612 S.E.2d 707, 715 (Ct. App. 2005)
(holding property acquired during the marriage should be divided and
distributed in a manner which fairly reflects each spouse's contribution to its
acquisition, regardless of which spouse holds legal title);  Jenkins v.
Jenkins, 345 S.C. 88, 98, 545 S.E.2d 531, 536 (Ct. App. 2001) (finding
property bought by marital funds is subject to equitable distribution); Johnson
v. Johnson, 296 S.C. 289, 300, 372 S.E.2d 107, 113 (Ct. App. 1988) ("If
the end result is equitable, it is irrelevant that this [c]ourt might have
weighed specific factors differently than the trial judge.").  

AFFIRMED.

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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