McGuire v. McGuire ( 2013 )

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
Michael McGuire, Appellant,
v.
Janet McGuire, Respondent.
Appellate Case No. 2012-212500
Appeal From York County
Jack A. Landis, Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-468
Submitted November 1, 2013 – Filed December 18, 2013
AFFIRMED
J. Darrell Beckham, of Law Office of J. Darrell
Beckham, LLC, of Prosperity, for Appellant.
Michael Langford Brown, Jr., of Rock Hill, for
Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Doe v. Doe, 370 S.C. 206, 212, 634 S.E.2d 51, 54 (Ct. App. 2006)
("To preserve an issue for appellate review, the issue cannot be raised for the first
time on appeal, but must have been raised to and ruled upon by the [family]
court."); id. ("Error preservation requirements are intended 'to enable the lower
court to rule properly after it has considered all relevant facts, law, and
arguments.'" (quoting Staubes v. City of Folly Beach, 339 S.C. 406, 412, 529
S.E.2d 543, 546 (2000))); id. ("Without an initial ruling by the [family] court, a
reviewing court simply is not able to evaluate whether the [family] court
committed error."); id. at 212, 634 S.E.2d at 54-55 ("Therefore, when an appellant
neither raises an issue at trial nor through a Rule 59(e), SCRCP, motion, the issue
is not preserved for appellate review."); Great Games, Inc. v. S.C. Dep't of Rev.,
339 S.C. 79, 85, 529 S.E.2d 6, 9 (2000) (holding a constitutional challenge was not
preserved for appellate review when it was not ruled upon by the trial court and
that omission was not raised in a motion for reconsideration).
AFFIRMED.1
HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.