After completing his rehab assignment, on November 23rd, Murphy informed his legislative colleagues that he would be stepping down as Chairman of the House Judiciary.
Murphy has been given a new committee assignment on the S.C. House Ways and Means. This powerful committee steers the state in all things S.C. government spending.
Nepotism at the State House and in the Courtroom
According to reports from the State Newspaper and Fitsnews: Murphy was also attempting to install his wife – S.C. circuit court judge Maite Murphy – as a judge on the state supreme court at the time S.C. House speaker Murrell Smith reportedly told him to get help in late September.
Murphy’s effort to ensure his wife’s appointment failed as Maite Murphy ultimately removed her name from consideration.
Resident Unrest With S.C. Judicial System
Murphy’s issues and re-assignment come at a time when half of all state residents are documenting issues with the S.C. family court system.
As the sitting S.C. House Judiciary Chairman, Murphy somehow could not see the conflict of interest in pushing his wife for a seat on the S.C. Supreme Court. Residents documented on this news site consistently express the frustrations of the inequities exampled by this Family Court judicial system. MyrtleBeachSC News publishes one or more of these injustices on a regular basis.
An equal shared parenting bill is scheduled to be voted on by the S.C. General Assembly in 2023. Families hope this bill will minimize both the high costs and the injustices of the current family court system.
