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Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2/24/2003

Riggs v. Riggs

Citations

  • 578 S.E.2d 3
  • 353 S.C. 230
  • 2003 S.C. LEXIS 35

How courts have described this case

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  • determining, based on Amisub , that the issue of the family court’s jurisdiction was properly before the court of appeals
  • identifying Sayne as authority for the proposition that Tennessee recognizes a common law duty of parental support for an adult disabled child
  • interpreting statute granting court jurisdiction over cases of support of an adult disabled child and finding that “[w]here ... disability prevents the child from becoming emancipated, the presumption of emancipation upon reaching majority is inapplicable”
  • interpreting statute granting court jurisdiction over cases of support of an adult disabled child and finding that “[w]here . . . disability prevents the child from becoming emancipated, the presumption of emancipation upon reaching majority is inapplicable”
  • \[The precursor to section 63-3-530] determines the family court's subject[-]matter jurisdiction . . . .\
  • “[T]he family court is vested with jurisdiction to order child support for an unemancipated disabled adult child.”

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Judges: Moore, Toal, Waller, Burnett, Pleicones

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