Burns v. Burns

Shaw, Judge:

In this domestic action, the appellant-wife, Diane V. Burns, appeals a family court order awarding the respondent-husband, Corey P. Burns, custody of the parties’ three minor children. We affirm.

While we may find facts in accordance with our own view of the preponderance of the evidence, the family court judge is allowed broad discretion in custody matters since he observed the witnesses and, thus, can better judge their credibility. Wilson v. Wilson, 285 S. C. 481, 330 S. E. (2d) 303 (1985).

These parties were married in 1974. Their children include a daughter, born in 1976; a…