Jason M. Aryeh v. Olivia R. Aryeh

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Jason M. Aryeh, Respondent,

v.

Olivia R. Aryeh, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2023-001334

Appeal From Charleston County
Mikell R. Scarborough, Master-in-Equity

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-234
Submitted April 1, 2026 – Filed May 20, 2026

AFFIRMED

Olivia R. Aryeh, of Greenwich, Connecticut, pro se.

Sarah P. Spruill, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of
Greenville; and Stafford J. McQuillin, III, and E. Elliot
Condon, both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of
Charleston, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Olivia R. Aryeh (Wife) appeals the master-in-equity's order
awarding Jason M. Aryeh (Husband) $120,391.73 in attorney's fees and costs. On
appeal, Wife argues the master erred in determining the amount of legal fees it
awarded Husband. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR.
We hold Wife abandoned the issue raised on appeal because her final brief did not
cite supporting legal authority. See Miller v. Dillon, 432 S.C. 197, 207, 851 S.E.2d
462, 468 (Ct. App. 2020) ("An issue is deemed abandoned and will not be
considered on appeal if the argument is raised in a brief but not supported by
authority." (quoting State v. Howard, 384 S.C. 212, 217, 682 S.E.2d 42, 45 (Ct.
App. 2009))); Glasscock, Inc. v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 348 S.C. 76, 81, 557
S.E.2d 689, 691-92 (Ct. App. 2001) (determining an appellant abandoned an issue
when it raised the issue in its appellant's brief in a conclusory manner and "even
though [it] more fully addressed the issue in its reply brief, an argument made in a
reply brief cannot present an issue to the appellate court if it was not raised in the
initial brief").

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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