MATTER OF WILLIAMSON

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270 S.C. 313 (1978)

242 S.E.2d 223

In the Matter of Howard K. WILLIAMSON, Family Court Judge for Aiken County, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

February 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., and A. Camden Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Columbia, for Appellant.

John H. Williams, of Aiken, for Respondent.


February 28, 1978.

Per Curiam:

The Court is called upon to determine whether a family court judge within the unified court system should be removed or retired from office because of disability.

Inasmuch as this is the first case arising under the new judicial South Carolina Constitutional Amendment, Article V, ratified in 1973, we examine the source of the Court's authority and the duty to rule upon the matter.

Article V, § 1, of...

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