I consider myself lucky to have seen P!nk for the second time last month in Charlotte, this time from the center of the VIP mosh pit. Since P!nk is such a dynamic, acrobatic performer, as well as an incredible singer, being in the midst of her show was overwhelming. But one reason I’ve been a [...]
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Will your adult children dread visiting you?
I attended a hearing yesterday in which two seemingly caring parents of teenagers were, perhaps unwittingly, doing their best to destroy the other’s relationship with these children. At the conclusion of the hearing the judge addressed the parties with advice that I had never heard before. I paraphrase: I am the father of adult children. [...]
Zero tolerance idiocracy
It’s dress up Friday at my daughter’s magnet school, in which students can ditch uniforms and come as their favorite novel character. My daughter’s dressing as Katniss from “The Hunger Games.” While she was walking out the door with her crossbow and quiver of rubber arrows, I reminded my wife of the school district’s zero [...]
Presiding over the decline in the legal profession
Between my work as a volunteer attorney mentor, being asked by a Philippine attorney working on a book about legal career paths to describe mine, and being asked by South Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly “what do you tell young people who are considering a career in law?,” I have spent significant time the past few weeks [...]
Protection from what?
A couple weeks ago I received a phone call that is not very unusual. An anxious mother-to-be had questions about custody. Of particular concern was how she should “protect” her child from the father-to-be, who also happened to be her live-in boyfriend. The obvious question–one I always ask in these situations–is why this child might need [...]
Perhaps he has a 2,000 mile long penis?[1]
A question I am frequently and increasingly being asked by my colleagues is whether modern uses of technology to engage in sexual banter can constitute adultery as a ground for divorce in South Carolina. Sexting, instant messaging, emailing, online role playing games and constant or lengthy phone calls (often assumed to be “phone sex”) have [...]
Should there be a cause of action for paternity fraud?
A colleague of mine, T. Ryan Phillips, emailed me an October 1, 2012 Tennessee Supreme Court opinion in the case of Hodge v. Craig, 382 S.W.3d 325 (TN. 2012). That opinion approves a cause of action for paternity fraud within that state. With the rise of paternity testing, this cause of action may become more common [...]