THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Adele J. Pope, Appellant,

v.

Estate of James Brown, Deceased; The James Brown 2000 Irrevocable Trust; Russell L. Bauknight, Individually, as former Executor de son tort, and in every current and former fiduciary status claimed or held as to the Estate of James Brown and The James Brown 2000 Irrevocable Trust, Respondents,

and

Robert L. Buchanan, Jr., Interested Party.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000250

Appeal From Aiken County The Honorable Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2015-MO-032 Submitted May 22, 2015 – Filed June 10, 2015

AFFIRMED

Adele J. Pope, of Newberry, pro se appellant. Frederick A. Crawford and Sheila Marlouvon Bias, both of Richardson, Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, William W. Wilkins, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Greenville, J. David Black and William George Newsome, III, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 1-7-130 (2005); S.C. Code Ann. § 62-3-608 (Supp. 2014); Carnival Corp. v. Historic Ansonborough Neighborhood Ass'n, 407 S.C. 67, 753 S.E.2d 846 (2014); Wilson v. Dallas, 403 S.C. 411, 743 S.E.2d 746 (2013); Epworth Children's Home v. Beasley, 365 S.C. 157, 616 S.E.2d 710 (2005); Lennon v. S.C. Coastal Council, 330 S.C. 414, 498 S.E.2d 906 (Ct. App. 1998).

AFFIRMED.

TOAL, C.J., BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur. PLEICONES, J., not participating.