IN RE ESTATE OF BROWN

Opinion No. 5578.

424 S.C. 589 (2018)

818 S.E.2d 770

IN RE: The ESTATE OF James BROWN a/k/a James Joseph Brown, Tommie Rae Brown, Respondent, v. David C. Sojourner, Jr., in his capacity as Limited Special Administrator and Limited Special Trustee, Deanna Brown-Thomas, Yamma Brown, Venisha Brown, Larry Brown, Terry Brown, and Daryl Brown, Respondents below, Of whom Deanna Brown-Thomas, Yamma Brown, Venisha Brown, Terry Brown, Michael Deon Brown and Daryl Brown are the Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed July 25, 2018.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Byrd and Alyson Smith Podris , both of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Charleston; Katon Edwards Dawson, Jr. , of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP, of Columbia; and Marc Toberoff , of Malibu, CA, all for Appellants Deanna Brown Thomas, Yamma Brown, and Venisha Brown. Matthew Day Bodman , of Matt Bodman, PA, of Columbia, and David B. Bell , of Augusta, GA, both for Appellants Michael Deon Brown and Daryl J. Brown. John Andrew Donsbach, Sr. , of Donsbach Law Group, LLC, of Martinez, GA, for Appellant Terry Brown.

Robert N. Rosen , of Rosen Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston; S. Alan Medlin , of Columbia; Thomas Heyward Carter, Jr. , Andrew W. Chandler , and M. Jean Lee , all of Evans Carter Kunes & Bennett, PA, of Charleston; David Lawrence Michel , of Michel Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston; and Arnold S. Goodstein , of Goodstein Law Firm, LLC, of Summerville, all for Respondent.


In this case involving the estate of James Brown, six of Brown's children appeal from the trial court's grant of Tommie Ray Brown's (Respondent's) motion for summary judgment, arguing the trial court erred in finding the marriage between Respondent and Brown was not bigamous. We affirm.

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