Middleton v. Middleton

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

Christine Fiedler
Middleton, Appellant,

v.

Anthony John
Middleton, Respondent.

Appeal From Dorchester County

William J. Wylie, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2012-UP-016

Submitted November 1, 2011 – Filed January
25, 2012

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 affirm[1] 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.").

AFFIRMED.

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

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