Marquez v. Caudill

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• holding that compelling circumstances justified ordering grandparent visitation over a fit parent's objection when the children's biological mother had passed away and the grandmother sought visitation to maintain ties between the children and the deceased mother's family
• affirming the family court's equal division of the GAL's fee because it was reasonable
• finding the maternal grandmother had no biological preference in a custody action against the stepfather and holding the grandmother could not step into her deceased daughter's place because the grandmother remained a third party seeking custody
• awarding custody to a stepfather over a grandmother because of the stepfather's status as a psychological parent and because \[a] biological parent [was] not involved\ and \there [was] no reason to recognize the superior rights of a natural parent\
• first and third alterations in original (quoting Middleton, 369 S.C. at 596–97, 633 S.E.2d at 168)
• \The decision to award attorney's fees is a matter within the sound discretion of the [family court] and the award will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion.\

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