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CourtListener opinion 10617842

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pending
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pending
Docket / number
2016-002169
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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QDRO

Husband $3,000 per month in permanent periodic alimony and divided the marital estate, awarding Wife sixty percent and Husband the remaining forty percent. As such, the family court ordered Wife to pay $206,703 of her Sonoco 401(K) plan to Husband by way of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). In addition, the family court ordered Wife to contribute $5,000 toward Husband's attorney's fees and costs. Wife filed a motion to reconsider on August 10, 2016. The family court denied Wife's motion in an order filed September 23, 2016. This appeal followed. STANDARD OF REVIEW \[T]he proper standard of review in family court matters is de novo.\"

401(k)

paration. The family court awarded Husband $3,000 per month in permanent periodic alimony and divided the marital estate, awarding Wife sixty percent and Husband the remaining forty percent. As such, the family court ordered Wife to pay $206,703 of her Sonoco 401(K) plan to Husband by way of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). In addition, the family court ordered Wife to contribute $5,000 toward Husband's attorney's fees and costs. Wife filed a motion to reconsider on August 10, 2016. The family court denied Wife's motion in an order filed September 23, 2016. This appeal followed. STANDARD OF REVIEW \[T]he p

domestic relations order

,000 per month in permanent periodic alimony and divided the marital estate, awarding Wife sixty percent and Husband the remaining forty percent. As such, the family court ordered Wife to pay $206,703 of her Sonoco 401(K) plan to Husband by way of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). In addition, the family court ordered Wife to contribute $5,000 toward Husband's attorney's fees and costs. Wife filed a motion to reconsider on August 10, 2016. The family court denied Wife's motion in an order filed September 23, 2016. This appeal followed. STANDARD OF REVIEW \[T]he proper standard of review in family court matters is de novo.\"

valuation/division

, of Florence, and Marian Dawn Nettles, of Nettles Turbeville & Reddeck, of Lake City, for Respondent. LOCKEMY, C.J.: Alicia M. Rudick (Wife) appeals a family court order claiming the family court improperly valued several marital assets and therefore, the equitable distribution award to Brian R. Rudick (Husband) is incorrect. In addition, Wife argues the family court erred in awarding Husband $3,000 per month in permanent periodic alimony and this court should reverse the award of attorney's fees to Husband. We affirm in part and reverse in part. FACTS Husband and Wife married in 1999 and have three minor children together. Throu

Source and provenance

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courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
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public
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US
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docket: 2016-002169
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
 CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
 EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
 In The Court of Appeals

 Alicia M. Rudick, Appellant,

 v.

 Brian R. Rudick, Respondent.

 Appellate Case No. 2016-002169

 Appeal From Darlington County
 Cely Anne Brigman, Family Court Judge

 Unpublished Opinion No. 2019-UP-306
 Heard June 6, 2019 – Filed August 21, 2019
 Withdrawn, Substituted and Refiled December 18, 2019

 AFFIRMED IN PART AND REVERSED IN PART

 Karl Huggins Smith, of Smith Watts & Associates, LLC,
 of Hartsville, and Gregory Samuel Forman, of Gregory S.
 Forman, PC, of Charleston, for Appellant.

 Kevin Mitchell Barth, of Barth, Ballenger & Lewis, LLP,
 of Florence, and Marian Dawn Nettles, of Nettles
 Turbeville & Reddeck, of Lake City, for Respondent.
 LOCKEMY, C.J.: Alicia M. Rudick (Wife) appeals a family court order claiming
the family court improperly valued several marital assets and therefore, the
equitable distribution award to Brian R. Rudick (Husband) is incorrect. In
addition, Wife argues the family court erred in awarding Husband $3,000 per
month in permanent periodic alimony and this court should reverse the award of
attorney's fees to Husband. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS
Husband and Wife married in 1999 and have three minor children together.
Throughout the marriage, Wife was employed by Sonoco Products and Husband
was employed as a law enforcement officer. Wife's income drastically increased
during the marriage, while Husband's income remained essentially the same.
The parties separated on April 6, 2015, and Wife filed for divorce on July 12,
2015. A temporary hearing was held on July 13, 2015, and the family court issued
a Temporary Consent Order filed on October 19, 2015. The parties participated in
a two-day trial on June 2, 2016, and June 20, 2016, which culminated in a Final
Order granting the divorce based on one year's continuous separation. The family
court awarded Husband $3,000 per month in permanent periodic alimony and
divided the marital estate, awarding Wife sixty percent and Husband the remaining
forty percent. As such, the family court ordered Wife to pay $206,703 of her
Sonoco 401(K) plan to Husband by way of a qualified domestic relations order
(QDRO). In addition, the family court ordered Wife to contribute $5,000 toward
Husband's attorney's fees and costs.
Wife filed a motion to reconsider on August 10, 2016. The family court denied
Wife's motion in an order filed September 23, 2016. This appeal followed.

STANDARD OF REVIEW
\[T]he proper standard of review in family court matters is de novo.\" Stoney v.