S.C. Department of Social Services v. Roberts

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services, Appellant,

v.

Nathaniel Roberts, Respondent.

Appeal From Allendale County

 Robert S. Armstrong, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2005-UP-397

Submitted June 1, 2005 – Filed June 21, 2005

AFFIRMED

Paul Fredrick LeBarron, of Charleston, for Appellant.

Nathaniel Roberts, of Fairfax, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: The South Carolina Department of Social Services appeals the family court’s order requiring the child support arrearage of Nathaniel Roberts be recalculated based upon the dates his children reached the age of eighteen.  We affirm1 pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR and the following authority:  Elam v. South Carolina Dep’t Transp., 361 S.C. 9, 23-24, 602 S.E.2d 772, 779-80 (2004) (Issues and arguments are preserved for appellate review only when they are raised to and ruled on by the lower court; A party must file a Rule 59(e), SCRCP motion when an issue or argument has been raised, but not ruled on, in order to preserve it for appellate review.). 

AFFIRMED.

GOOLSBY, HUFF, and KITTREDGE, JJ., concur.

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