Cotty v. Yartzeff

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• noting that the court's interpretation of the statute was supported by subsequent amendments to the statute which clarified the legislative intent
• noting that the court’s interpretation of the statute was supported by subsequent amendments to the statute which clarified the legislative intent
• although subsequent amendments are generally presumed to change existing law, they may in some instances be interpreted as clarifying it
• subsequent amendments may be interpreted as clarifying legislative intent of existing law
• “Under the South Carolina Probate Code, except administration under Part 5, ‘each . . . proceeding before the court is independent of any other proceeding involving the same estate . . . .’”
• subsequent statutory amendment may be interpreted as clarifying original legislative intent

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