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O'SHIELDS v. O'SHIELDS

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259 S.C. 626 (1972)

193 S.E.2d 523

George W. O'SHIELDS, Jr., Appellant, v. Dora L. Nix O'SHIELDS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

December 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph W. Board, of Pickens, Charles J. Baker, and George R.F. Cornish, Jr., of Cornish & Horlbeck, Charleston, for Appellant.

Messrs. Ellis I. Kahn, of Solomon, Solomon & Kahn, and Paul W. Garfinkel, Charleston, for Respondent.

December 12, 1972.

BRAILSFORD, Justice:

This action for divorce and child custody was referred to the Master for Charleston County, who recommended that the husband be awarded a divorce on the ground of desertion, that he be awarded custody of the couple's adopted daughter, then about four years of age, and that the wife be denied alimony. The wife excepted to the custody recommendation only.

Prior to leaving for Thailand in 1967 the husband, who was...

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