Parker v. Parker

WELLS, Judge.

The question presented in this appeal is whether the evidence supports the trial court’s conclusion that there was no valid marriage between plaintiff and defendant. Defendant had the burden of showing by a preponderance of evidence that the South Carolina marriage ceremony between the parties was invalid. “It is presumed that a marriage entered into in another State is valid under the laws of that State in the absence of contrary evidence, and the party attacking the validity of a foreign marriage has the burden of proof.” Overton v. Overton, 260 N.C. 139, 144, 132 S.E. 2d 349,…