Hair ex rel. Estate of Roberson v. Roberson

Supreme Court of South Carolina
Hair ex rel. Estate of Roberson v. Roberson, 366 S.C. 277 (S.C. 2005)
621 S.E.2d 658; 2005 S.C. LEXIS 302
Burnett, III, Moore, Pleicones, Toal, Waller

Hair ex rel. Estate of Roberson v. Roberson

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

By order dated August 12, 2005, we granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ holding that there is no require*278ment that the family court make specific findings when requiring a spouse to secure an alimony obligation with a life insurance policy and its finding, in the alternative, that other statements in the family court order indicated that the requisite factors were considered. We granted certiorari based, in part, on the Court of Appeals’ reliance on Wooten v. Wooten, 356 S.C. 473, 589 S.E.2d 769 (Ct.App. 2003), which has since been reversed by this Court in Wooten v. Wooten, 364 S.C. 532, 615 S.E.2d 98 (2005). However, because the death of Ms. Roberson has rendered the issue of securing alimony with a life insurance policy moot, we now dismiss the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Jean H. Toal, C.J. /s/ James E. Moore, J. /s/ John H. Waller, Jr., J. /s/ E.C. Burnett, III, J. /s/ Costa M. Pleicones, J.

Reference

Full Case Name
Julie HAIR, Jeffrey Stout and Stephanie Coker, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Sharon B. Roberson v. Willie Joe ROBERSON
Status
Published