Catherine Gandy v. John Gandy, Jr.

Opinion

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Catherine Crosby Gandy, Respondent,

v.

John Wilson Gandy, Jr., Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2024-000611

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Horry County

The Honorable FitzLee McEachin, Family Court Judge

Opinion No. 28239

Submitted September 25, 2024 – Filed November 6, 2024

REMANDED

Carolyn R. Hills and Jennifer Darrow Hills, both of Hills & Hills, PC, of Myrtle Beach; and Rebecca Brown West, of Harling & West, LLC, of Lexington, all for Appellant.

George M. Hearn, Jr. and Kathleen Wrenn Hearn, both of Hearn & Hearn, PA, of Conway; and Marie-Louise Ramsdale, of Ramsdale Law Firm, of Mount Pleasant, all for Respondent.

Russell W. Hall, III, of The Law Office of Russell W. Hall III, of Myrtle Beach, as the Guardian ad Litem for

Appellant.

PER CURIAM: Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision reversing the family court's order awarding rehabilitative alimony or to recalculate the child support payments in the absence of alimony. Gandy v. Gandy, 442 S.C. 340, 898 S.E.2d 208 (2024). We hereby grant the petition to review the child support calculation.

In its final order, the family court considered the alimony awarded to Wife when calculating the child support payment. Because the court of appeals properly reversed the alimony award, the child support payments must be recalculated.

Accordingly, we dispense with briefing, affirm the court of appeals' opinion, and remand this matter to the family court for a trial de novo to recalculate child support.

REMANDED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES and HILL, JJ., concur. VERDIN, J., not participating.