In the matter of the Estate of Alice Shaw Baker

CourtListener 10149113ScctappJul 15, 2015

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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

In the matter of the Estate of Alice Shaw Baker.

Betty Fisher and Lisa Fisher, Appellants,

v.

Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailague Slade, Sandra Byrd,
and Henry McMaster, in his Capacity as Attorney
General of South Carolina, Defendants,

Of Whom Bessie Huckabee, Kay Passailague Slade, and
Sandra Byrd are the Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001267

Appeal From Charleston County
J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-359
Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed July 15, 2015

DISMISSED

John Hughes Cooper, of John Hughes Cooper, PC, of
Mount Pleasant, for Appellants.
Peter A. Kouten, of Kouten Law Firm, LLC, of Johns
Island; and Warren W. Wills, III, of Law Office of W.
Westbrook Wills III, of Folly Beach, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM: Betty and Lisa Fisher appeal circuit court orders denying their
motion to disqualify attorney Peter Kouten and a consent order substituting
counsel. Because the orders are not immediately appealable, we dismiss this
appeal. See EnerSys Delaware, Inc. v. Hopkins, 401 S.C. 615, 619, 738 S.E.2d
478, 480 (2013) (holding an order denying a motion to disqualify an attorney is not
immediately appealable).

DISMISSED.1

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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