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HILL v. BERT RETIREMENT PLAN

No. 27308.

405 S.C. 423 (2013)

747 S.E.2d 791

Lavona HILL, Appellee, v. BERT BELL/PETE ROZELLE NFL PLAYER RETIREMENT PLAN; Retirement Board of the Bert Bell NFL Player Retirement Plan, Defendant, v. Barbara H. Sullivan, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Sherman and Lawrence Solomon , both of Solomon, Sherman & Gabay, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellee.

Robert T. Vance, Jr. , of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

Chief Justice TOAL.

We certified the following question from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit:

Does South Carolina recognize the "putative spouse" or "putative marriage" doctrine (hereinafter, putative spouse doctrine)?

We answer the certified question, "no."

I.

This action involves competing claims to the retirement benefits of the late Thomas Sullivan (Thomas), former National Football League (NFL) running...

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