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KELLY v. EDWARDS

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276 S.C. 368 (1981)

278 S.E.2d 773

Joan D. KELLY, Respondent-Appellant, v. Arthur J. EDWARDS, Appellant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John I. Mauldin of Yarborough, Mauldin & Allison, Greenville, for appellant-respondent.

W. Howard Boyd, Jr. of Rainey, Britton, Gibbes & Clarkson, Greenville, for respondent-appellant.

May 26, 1981.

NESS, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the family court requiring appellant, Arthur J. Edwards, to pay child support and perform other affirmative acts under a 1969 separation agreement which was incorporated but not merged in a subsequent Mexican divorce. We vacate and remand.

Edwards first asserts the family court lacked subject matter jurisdiction because this is a contractual dispute. We agree.

The parties were...

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