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CASEY v. CASEY

No. 23822.

428 S.E.2d 714 (1993)

Joyce Miller CASEY, Appellant, v. John William CASEY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 15, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Rogers and D. Randolph Whitt, Sherill, and Rogers, P.C., Columbia, for appellant.

James H. Lengel, Columbia, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

The issue presented in this appeal is whether an equitable distribution award is a money decree or a judgment, pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 34-31-20 (1987), so that it accrues interest at the statutorily prescribed post-judgment rate of 14%. We see no reason to distinguish equitable distribution money awards from other money judgments. Accordingly, we reverse the family court's denial of post-judgment interest of 14%.

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