South Carolina Panel Affirms Guardian’s Right To Sue In $3.1M Estate Dispute

(July 22, 2022, 1:01 PM EDT) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina appellate court on July 20 affirmed a family court decision denying a wife’s motion to dismiss a separate maintenance claim for her incapacitated husband filed by their daughter, a court-appointed guardian and conservator, finding that though the “[d]aughter was a potential beneficiary” of her father’s $3.1 million estate, this fact does not “mandate[] dismissal” when the suit “was brought solely for the purpose of securing funds necessary to provide for his well-being.”...

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