Crabtree v. Crabtree ( 2017 )

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
Christine Crabtree, Respondent,
v.
Donald Clinton Crabtree, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2016-001362
Appeal From Sumter County
George M. McFaddin, Jr., Family Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-461
Submitted November 1, 2017 – Filed December 13, 2017
AFFIRMED
Harry C. Wilson, Jr., of Lee, Erter, Wilson, Holler &
Smith, LLC, of Sumter, for Appellant.
Marian Dawn Nettles, of Nettles, Turbeville & Reddeck,
of Lake City, and Michael W. Self, of McDougall, Self,
Currence & McLeod, LLP, of Sumter, both for
Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Frye v. Frye, 323 S.C. 72, 75-76, 448 S.E.2d 586, 588 (Ct. App. 1994)
(per curiam) (finding the issue of the father's contempt moot when the father
complied with the contempt order by paying certain medical bills); Jordan v.
Harrison, 303 S.C. 522, 524, 402 S.E.2d 188, 189 (Ct. App. 1991) (finding the
issue of the husband's contempt moot when the husband complied with the
contempt order by paying his child support arrearages and a fine); Chappell v.
Chappell, 282 S.C. 376, 377, 318 S.E.2d 590, 591 (Ct. App. 1984) ("Whe[n] one
held in contempt for violation of a court order complies with the order, his
compliance renders the question concerning whether he was in contempt academic
or moot and precludes appellate review of the contempt proceedings."); Miller v.
Miller, 375 S.C. 443, 463, 652 S.E.2d 754, 764 (Ct. App. 2007) ("Courts, by
exercising their contempt power, can award attorney's fees under a compensatory
contempt theory."); id. ("Compensatory contempt seeks to reimburse the party for
the costs it incurs in forcing the non-complying party to obey the court's orders.").
AFFIRMED.1
WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.