Dixon v. Dixon

Chief Justice TOAL:

This Court certified this case pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR, to review the master-in-equity’s decision declaring Stevan Fay Dixon (Son) the titleholder of his mother’s home in fee simple absolute. We affirm.

Factual/Procedural Background

Appellant Mabel Dixon (Mother) is eighty-four-years old and has lived alone in her home in Anderson, South Carolina for the past forty-seven years. She has two children: Stevan (Son), who resides in Anderson, and Nicki, who, at the time of trial, resided in Ohio. Other than a hearing problem, 1 Mother has no health problems.

In October 1998,…