Moyle v. Moyle

Bussey, Justice.

In this divorce action the respondent-wife was granted an absolute divorce on the ground of desertion, periodic alimony, custody of and support for the one child who was still a minor and a substantial property settlement, portions of which, the appellant-husband contends to have been lump sum alimony awards. The single exception on the part of the appellant-husband raises the following stated question “did the court err by ordering the appellant to pay alimony by lump sum and periodic payments?”

The parties were married on June 12, 1948, and lived in Walhalla, South Carolina;…