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SPLAWN v. SPLAWN

No. 23842.

429 S.E.2d 805 (1993)

Nathaniel P. SPLAWN, Respondent, v. Louvenia SPLAWN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patricia Anderson, Spartanburg, for appellant.

Robert S. French, Spartanburg, for respondent.

CHANDLER, Justice:

The sole issue in this domestic matter is whether Family Court has subject-matter jurisdiction to equitably distribute property of a bigamous marriage.

We hold that it does and, accordingly, affirm.

FACTS

The parties, Nathaniel and Louvenia Splawn (Husband and Wife), were "married" in April, 1961. Unbeknownst to either, Husband had not been divorced from a first marriage which occurred in 1955.1

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