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 Julia B. Brooker, Respondent, v. Beacham O. Brooker, Jr., in his official capacity as Trustee and individually as a Beneficiary of the Janet B.

Brooker Trust, and Ellen B. Corontzes individually and as a Beneficiary of the Janet B. Brooker Trust, Petitioners.

Appellate Case No. 2024-001115

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal From Richland County R. Kirk Griffin, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2025-MO-030 Heard March 12, 2025 – Filed March 19, 2025

CERTIORARI DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Thornwell F. Sowell, III and Bess Jones DuRant, both of Sowell & DuRant, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioners.

James Mixon Griffin and Margaret Nicole Fox, both of Griffin Humphries LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Brooker v. Brooker, Op. No. 2024-UP-167 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 8, 2024).

After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES, HILL and VERDIN, JJ., concur.