Fowler v. Fowler

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

Mary Ellison
Fowler, Appellant,

v.

Floyd David Fowler, Respondent.

Appeal From Anderson County

 Barry W. Knobel, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2010-UP-560 

Submitted November 1, 2010 – Filed
December 23, 2010

AFFIRMED

Richard E. Thompson, Jr., of Anderson, for
Appellant.

Charles R. Griffin, Jr., of Anderson, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Mary Ellison Fowler (Wife) appeals the
family court's order holding her in contempt for failure to pay Floyd David
Fowler (Husband) $14,000.  On appeal, Wife argues the family court erred in holding
her in contempt because the payment to Husband was contingent upon her approval
for refinancing. We affirm[1] pursuant
to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority:  Abate v. Abate,
377 S.C. 548, 552, 660 S.E.2d 515, 518 (Ct. App. 2008) ("An appellate
court should reverse a decision regarding contempt only
if it is without evidentiary support or the trial judge has abused his
discretion.  An appellate court will reverse a manifest abuse of discretion where
the error of law is so opposed to the trial judge's sound discretion as to
amount to a deprivation of the legal rights of the party." (internal
quotation marks and citation omitted)); Id. at 553, 660 S.E.2d at 518 ("Contempt
results from a willful disobedience of a court order. Willful disobedience
requires an act to be done voluntarily and intentionally with the specific
intent to do something the law forbids, or with the specific intent to fail to
do something the law requires to be done; that is to say, with bad purpose
either to disobey or disregard the law." (internal quotations and citation
omitted)).  

AFFIRMED.

THOMAS,
PIEPER, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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