Gay v. Gay Ex Rel. Estate of Gay

Shaw, Judge:

Appellant-husband Waver J. Gay, Sr. appeals a family court decree granting respondent-wife Ruby Kathryn Gay a divorce on the ground of habitual drunkenness. He alleges that trial judge erred in distributing the marital property, in qualifying an expert to value specific personal property, and in awarding the wife attorney’s fees. 2 We disagree and affirm.

In appeals from family courts this court has jurisdiction to find the facts in accordance with its own view of the preponderance of the evidence. Hendricks v. Hendricks, 285 S. C. 591, 330 S. E. (2d) 553 (Ct. App. 1985).

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