Maybury v. Maybury

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 Charles Robert Maybury, Jr., Appellant, v. Christen R. Maybury, Respondent. Appeal From Greenville County Rochelle Y. Conits, Family Court Judge Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-170 Submitted March 1, 2011 – Filed April 18, 2011 AFFIRMED Adam Fisher, Jr., of Greenville, for Appellant. J. Faulkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Respondent. Thomas J. Quinn, of Greenville, for the Guardian ad Litem, Nela Laughridge. PER CURIAM: Appellant Charles Robert Maybury, Jr. (Husband) seeks review of an order of the family court denying his motion for relief under Rule 60(b)(3), SCRCP, from a decree granting Christen R. Maybury (Wife) a divorce from Husband on the ground of adultery. Husband challenges the family court's conclusion that he failed to show Wife committed extrinsic fraud during the divorce proceedings. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Ray v. Ray, 374 S.C. 79, 84, 647 S.E.2d 237, 239 (2007) (holding that the essential distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic fraud for purposes of relief from judgment is the ability to discover the fraud); Gainey v. Gainey, 382 S.C. 414, 423, 675 S.E.2d 792, 796 (Ct. App. 2009) (holding that the decision to grant or deny a Rule 60(b) motion is within the family court's sound discretion); id. at 425, 675 S.E.2d at 798 (holding that the only type of fraud for which relief may be granted under Rule 60(b)(3), SCRCP, is extrinsic fraud, which induces a person not to present a case or deprives a person of the opportunity to be heard); id. at 425-27, 675 S.E.2d at 798-99 (holding that a wife could not establish extrinsic fraud because she had the ability to discover her husband's alleged deception during the pendency of the Husband's action for separate maintenance); Bowman v. Bowman, 357 S.C. 146, 152, 591 S.E.2d 654, 657 (Ct. App. 2004) ("South Carolina's strong policy towards finality of judgments trumps a party's ability to set aside a judgment where . . . the party could have discovered the evidence prior to trial. "); Perry v. Heirs at Law of Gadsden, 357 S.C. 42, 46, 590 S.E.2d 502, 504 (Ct. App. 2003) (holding that a party seeking to set aside a judgment pursuant to Rule 60(b), SCRCP, has the burden of presenting evidence entitling him to the requested relief). AFFIRMED.[1] WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur. [1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.