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ST. MATTHEWS – On the heels of the South Carolina Supreme Court on June 28 denying a petition by the Episcopal Church in South Carolina to dismiss the case, 1st Circuit Judge Edgar W. Dickson resumed proceedings on the related legal matters.

A hearing on Betterments Statute issues, which had been canceled in March when TECSC petitioned the high court, was held Tuesday at Calhoun County Courthouse in St. Matthews.

The Betterments Statute, under South Carolina law, provides the means for a party making good faith improvements to property they believe they own, to be compensated for the value of those improvements, if a court makes a final determination that another party is the true owner. Many of the parishes in the Diocese of South Carolina can trace their history back to the colonial era of the state. During that entire time, there has never been any question of their unencumbered title to property or legal identity. All have proceeded throughout their history with the maintenance and improvement of their properties with these assumptions.