Archive for the ‘Child Support’ Category
Posted Sunday, April 21st, 2013 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The April 17, 2013 Court of Appeals opinion in Hawkins v. Hawkins demonstrates the continued reluctance of the family courts to reduce child support obligations for downsized non-custodial parents. In Hawkins, the parties’ divorce decree specifically allowed child support to be recalculated pursuant to the South Carolina Child Support Guidelines on an annual basis. In [...]
Tags: Child Support Modification, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The November 14, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in Lewis v. Lewis, 400 S.C. 354, 734 S.E.2d 322 (Ct. App. 2012), provides some guidance on imputing income to unemployed spouses and parents and deciding whether to award joint custody. In Lewis, the family court denied Husband’s request for joint custody and imputed monthly income to him of [...]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Joint Custody, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Thursday, August 16th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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South Carolina attorney Brian A. DiMarco must really love our appellate courts in August because for the second straight August he has obtained a published victory in his own domestic litigation. The August 15, 2012 Court of Appeals opinion in DiMarco v. DiMarco, 399 S.C. 295, 731 S.E.2d 617 (Ct. App. 2012), partially reversed and remanded the [...]
Tags: Child Support, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Friday, August 10th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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When translating support from a monthly payment amount to a weekly payment amount, family court attorneys and judges divide the weekly amount by 4 1/3. That is based on 52 weeks in 12 months and 52 divided by 12 is 4 1/3. However this math isn’t entirely accurate. First of all there are 365 days [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support
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Posted Sunday, July 29th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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Two different family law attorneys have asked–nay demanded–that I blog about the July 19, 2012 South Carolina Supreme Court Administrative Order suspending application of South Carolina Family Court Rule 24 as it relates to the review and enforcement of Title IV-D child support payments paid through the clerk of court. This suspension is based upon [...]
Tags: Child Support, Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, Family Court Procedure
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Posted Sunday, July 8th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity
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A recent scientific breakthrough allows the paternity of an unborn child to be determined through a blood test of the mother as early as the eighth or ninth week of pregnancy. This prompted Shari Motro, a law professor at the University of Richmond, to write an op-ed piece for the New York Times suggesting the [...]
Tags: Child Support, Jurisprudence, New York Times, Paternity, Pregnancy Support Alimony, Professor Shari Motro
Posted in Child Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity | 1 Comment »
Posted Wednesday, June 6th, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Equitable Division/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific, Visitation
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Last week, in Tillman v. Oakes, 398 S.C. 245, 728 S.E.2d 45 (Ct. App. 2012), the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a family court custody order due to insufficient factual findings. On June 6, 2012, in Buist v. Buist, 399 S.C. 110, 730 S.E.2d 879 (Ct. App. 2012), the Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a family [...]
Tags: Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Child Support, Equitable Division/Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals, Visitation
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Posted Thursday, May 31st, 2012 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants
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Typical language in South Carolina support orders is: The obligor shall pay support directly to the obligee. If the obligor is ever more than five days late making a payment, the obligee may file an ex-parte affidavit and order with the Family Court to have the obligor pay this support through the court with costs [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support
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