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293 S.C. 328

Ferira v. Ferira

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided August 31, 1987

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 1987-08-31

Decided 1987-08-31

¶1ORDER

¶2Appellant petitions for an order remanding this matter to the family court for the purpose of enforcing an alleged settlement agreement. She also petitions to hold the appeal in abeyance, obtain an extension of time, and recover attorney’s fees and costs.

¶3Appellant alleges that subsequent to the filing of this appeal, an oral settlement agreement was reached. Ap*329pellant further alleges that despite the oral settlement, respondent now refuses to sign a consent order based on the oral agreement.

¶4Supreme Court Rule 15 states, “No private agreement or consent between the parties or their attorneys, in respect to the proceeding in a cause, shall be binding, unless the same shall have been reduced in writing to the form of an order by consent and entered.”

¶5In our opinion, both the oral agreement and the unexecuted consent order are unenforceable under Rule 15. Therefore, it is unnecessary to remand this case to the family court.

¶6IT IS ORDERED that the petition to remand and hold the appeal in abeyance is denied. Appellant shall, within ten (10) days of the date of this order, order the transcript from the court reporter.

¶7IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the request for attorney’s fees and costs is denied.

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