Rowland v. Rowland

Shaw, Judge:

In this marital separation action, wife, Lucy Jane Putnam Rowland, appeals from a family court order equitably dividing the marital property and denying her attorney’s fees. Husband, Alvin Newton Rowland, appeals the award of alimony. We reverse in part, affirm in part and remand.

Wife and husband filed separate actions in family court which were consolidated. Both actions were commenced after June 13,1986, the effective adoption date of the Equitable Apportionment of Marital Property Act. § 20-7-471 et seq., S. C. Code of Laws 1976 (as amended). The wife contends the trial judge…