Bradberry v. Bradberry

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

Brenda Faye Bradberry, Appellant,

v.

William David Bradberry, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000612

Appeal From Anderson County
Henry T. Woods, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-425
Heard September 21, 2016 – Filed October 12, 2016

AFFIRMED

William E. Phillips, of Anderson, for Appellant.

David James Brousseau, of McIntosh, Sherard, Sullivan
& Brousseau, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: In this divorce action, Brenda Bradberry (Wife) appeals the
family court's order, arguing (1) the family court erred by failing to award alimony
to Wife based on the duration of the marriage, the incomes of the parties, and other
relevant factors and (2) the family court erred by failing to grant Wife a divorce
based upon the ground of adultery. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR
and the following authorities:
1. As to issue 1: King v. King, 384 S.C. 134, 142, 681 S.E.2d 609, 614 (Ct. App.
2009) ("In order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have
been raised to and ruled upon by the trial court."); Miller v. Miller, 375 S.C. 443,
460, 652 S.E.2d 754, 763 (Ct. App. 2007) ("A party must make a post-trial motion
where there are inaccuracies in the order or inconsistencies between an oral ruling
and a written order."); I'On, L.L.C. v. Town of Mt. Pleasant, 338 S.C. 406, 422, 526
S.E.2d 716, 724 (2000) ("[A] losing party must first try to convince the lower court
is has ruled wrongly and then, if that effort fails, convince the appellate court that
the lower court erred."); Mick-Skaggs v. Skaggs, 411 S.C. 94, 101-02, 766 S.E.2d
870, 873-74 (Ct. App. 2014) (finding the family court acted within its discretion in
awarding the parties a divorce on the ground of one year's continuous separation
rather than adultery); id. at 102, 766 S.E.2d at 874 (holding "because the granting
of a divorce to Wife on the ground of adultery would not have dissolved the
marriage any more completely, we need not alter the family court's decision on this
issue"); id. at 102, 766 S.E.2d at 874 (noting "the family court was in the best
position to assess the parties' and witnesses' testimony as well as the evidence
presented in determining which ground for divorce was most appropriate under the
circumstances"); Lucas v. Lucas, 279 S.C. 121, 123, 302 S.E.2d 863, 864 (1983)
(finding it was within the family court's discretion to deny a divorce on one ground
and grant it on another ground).

2. As to issue 2: S.C. Code Ann. § 20-3-130(C) (2014) (detailing the fifteen factors
family courts should consider when determining whether to award alimony); King,
384 S.C. at 142, 681 S.E.2d at 613 ("The family court is only required to consider
relevant [alimony] factors."); Davis v. Davis, 372 S.C. 64, 79, 641 S.E.2d 446,
453-54 (Ct. App. 2006) ("An award of alimony rests within the sound discretion of
the family court and will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion."); Bodkin
v. Bodkin, 388 S.C. 203, 215, 694 S.E.2d 230, 237 (Ct. App. 2010) ("An abuse of
discretion occurs when the decision is controlled by an error of law or is based on
factual findings without evidentiary support."); Allen v. Allen, 347 S.C. 177, 186,
554 S.E.2d 421, 425 (Ct. App. 2001) ("Our inquiry on appeal is not whether the
family court gave the same weight to particular factors as this court would have;
rather, our inquiry extends only to whether the family court abused its considerable
discretion in assigning weight to the applicable factors."); Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C.
198, 208, 708 S.E.2d 799, 804 (Ct. App. 2011) ("Alimony is a substitute for the
support normally incident to the marital relationship and should put the supported
spouse in the same position, or as near as is practicable to the same position,
enjoyed during the marriage."); Smith v. Smith, 327 S.C. 448, 463, 486 S.E.2d 516,
523-24 (Ct. App. 1997) (noting fault is an appropriate factor for consideration in
determining alimony in cases in which the misconduct affected the economic
circumstances of the parties or contributed to the breakup of the marriage); Bodkin,
388 S.C. at 217, 694 S.E.2d at 238 (noting the appellate court's role is not to
reweigh the alimony factors).

AFFIRMED.

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.