Harris v. Harris

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that “South Carolina, as parens patriae, protects and safeguards the welfare of its children”
• concluding the family court has jurisdiction to order retroactive increase in child support when party misrepresented income
• family court has jurisdiction to order retroactive increase in child support where party misrepresented income
• statute governing modification of child support orders does not bar retroactive increase of child support order under “special circumstances”
• “Family Court is vested with the exclusive jurisdiction to ensure that, in all matters concerning a child, the best interest of the child is the paramount consideration.”
• \[The precursor to section 63-17-310] was enacted to effect compliance with federal child support enforcement procedures prohibiting retroactive modification of child support arrears . . . .\ (first emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rogers v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2001-01-08· cited 28×
• Mr. T v. Ms. T
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2008-04-15· cited 15×
• In re Stephen W.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-07-16· cited 11×
• South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Polite
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-01-19· cited 10×
• Argabright v. Argabright
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2012-06-20· cited 9×
• Mosley v. Mosley
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2010-11-10· cited 2×
• In the Interest of Kevin R.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-08-06· cited 1×
• Kosciusko v. Parham
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-11-06
• Singh v. Singh
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-12-11
• Bauckman v. McLeod
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2019-12-11
• Forman v. South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2016-11-09

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. American Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court· 1895-11-18· cited 61×
• Gunnels v. American Liberty Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1968-06-04· cited 32×
• South Carolina Department of Social Services v. Forrester
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-08-20· cited 22×
• Smalls v. Weed
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1987-08-24· cited 18×