How does retirement affect alimony?
April 17, 2015
In 2012 South Carolina amended the alimony modification statute, S.C. Code § 20-3-170(B), to include specific factors for the family court to consider on whether
April 16, 2015
I am beginning to pity the South Carolina Court of Appeals. For the third time in less than two months the South Carolina Supreme Court
Can someone be too demented to consent to sex with a spouse?
April 15, 2015
There’s an interesting, and quite disturbing, article in the April 14, 2015 New York Times regarding the upcoming trial of Henry Rayhons, a now-former Iowa
Why do mothers (more typically) get custody?
April 10, 2015
A college student, interested in a career in family law, interviewed me earlier this week for a school project. Mostly he asked questions related to
Court of Appeals affirms custody, property division and fees
April 9, 2015
Can anyone explain the Court of Appeals’ thought process in what family law decisions it will publish? On April 8, 2015, mere weeks after deigning
The family court judge reads what you write
April 3, 2015
It continually amazes me that folks fail to realize that the family court judge may ultimately read anything they commit to writing and hit send.
Two recent unpublished termination of parental rights opinions that should have been published
April 2, 2015
Within the past week the South Carolina Court of Appeals has issued two unpublished opinions reversing two family court decisions to terminate a parent’s parental
