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SWICEGOOD v. THOMPSON

Opinion No. 5735.

431 S.C. 130 (2020)

847 S.E.2d 104

Cathy J. SWICEGOOD, Appellant, v. Polly A. THOMPSON, Respondent. State ex rel. Alan Wilson, Attorney General, Intervenor.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed July 1, 2020.

Rehearing Denied September 14, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Reckenbeil , of Law Office of John G. Reckenbeil, L.L.C., of Mauldin, and J. Falkner Wilkes , of Greenville, for Appellant.

Margaret A. Chamberlain , of Chamberlain Law Firm, LLC, of Greenville, and Melissa Hope Moore , of Law Office of Melissa H. Moore, LLC, of Fountain Inn, for Respondent.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Solicitor General Robert D. Cook , Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr. , and Assistant Attorney General Ian Parks Weschler , all of Columbia, for Intervenor.

In this appeal from the family court's dismissal of Cathy Swicegood's complaint alleging the existence of a common-law marriage with her same-sex partner, Polly Thompson, Swicegood argues the family court erred by dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

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In March 2014, Swicegood...

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