Case Name: Ruby Attaway QUARLES, Appellant, v. Henry Clinton QUARLES, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1986-01-15
Citations: 287 S.C. 408
Docket Number: 22447
Parties: Ruby Attaway QUARLES, Appellant, v. Henry Clinton QUARLES, Respondent.
Judges: Gregory, Harwell, Chandler and Finney, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 287
Pages: 408–409

Head Matter:
22447
Ruby Attaway QUARLES, Appellant, v. Henry Clinton QUARLES, Respondent.
(339 S. E. (2d) 127)
Supreme Court
Dudley H. Britt, Jr., Columbia, and Terry A. Finger, Hilton Head Island, for appellant.
Nikki G. Setzler, West Columbia, and James B. Richardson, Jr., Columbia, for respondent.
Heard Dec. 11, 1985.
Decided Jan. 15, 1986.

Opinion:
Ness, Chief Justice:
This is an appeal by wife from a family court order entered after remand by this Court. We affirm as modified.
The parties separated after approximately forty years of marriage. Wife brought an action for separate maintenance and support and equitable distribution of personal property. The trial judge divided the personal property, but denied support to wife. This Court reversed the ruling as to support and remanded for a determination of the proper amount of support. Quarles v. Quarles, 278 S. C. 251, 294 S. E. (2d) 341 (1982). The parties were divorced during the pendency of the first appeal.
Upon remand, the trial judge awarded wife $300 per month in alimony. Wife alleges the alimony award is insufficient. We agree.
After a full review of the record, we believe the proper amount of alimony is $400 per month. See, Stearnes v. Stearnes, 284 S. C. 459, 327 S. E. (2d) 343 (1985). The trial judge's order is modified to reflect this increase. •
Wife's remaining exceptions are overruled pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 23. See, Payne v. Holiday Towers Inc., 283 S. C. 210, 321 S. E. (2d) 179 (S. C. App. 1984); Supreme Court Rule 38.
Affirmed as modified.
Gregory, Harwell, Chandler and Finney, JJ., concur.