Walter Bilbro, Jr., Donald Higgins Howe, of Howe and Wyndham, and George Morris, all of Charleston, for Petitioners. Louis H. Lang, of Callison Tighe & Robinson, of Columbia, for Respondent. Charles Feeley, of Summerville, Guardian Ad Litem.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

This Court granted Lawrence Marcus Tucker’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Tucker, 376 S.C. 412, 656 S.E.2d 403 (Ct. App. 2008), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed Tucker’s plea of guilty involving an alleged violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Senior Assistant Attorney General James G. Bogle, Jr., both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Joseph Henry, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Kenneth C. Porter, of Porter & Rosenfeld, and David A. Wilson, of Horton, Drawdy, Ward & Jenkins, both of Greenville, for Appellant/Respondent. Timothy E. Madden and Megan G. Sandefur, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Greenville, for Respondent/Appellant.

Both parties appealed the family court’s Order granting a divorce. Husband contends enterprise goodwill was wrongfully included in the equitable distribution of marital property, Wife received excessive alimony, and the award of attorney’s fees was excessive. Wife contends the family court should have apportioned more than 45% of the marital property to her and the family court should have awarded more than $8,600 per month in periodic alimony.

Acting Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, and Fletcher Smith, Jr., of Greenville, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s decision that petitioner waived his right to counsel by his conduct.

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara M. Seymour, both of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Desa Ballard, of West Columbia, for Respondent.

Emma Isabelle Bryson, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Holly Huggins Wall, of Johnsonville, for Respondent. Patricia Lynn Forbis, of Columbia, for Guardian Ad Litem.

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the family court’s decision to terminate Father’s parental rights.

Steven E. Goldberg and J. Kevin Holmes, both of The Steinberg Law Firm, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Benjamin M. Renfrow, of Wilson, Jones, Carter and Baxley, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this workers compensation matter, the Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion.

Appellate Defender M. Cecelia Robinson, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

The issue in this direct appeal is whether the trial judge properly upheld the State’s chain of custody.