Posts Tagged ‘Alimony/Spousal Support’
Posted Wednesday, July 20th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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In the July 20, 2011 decision in Ross v. Ross, 394 S.C. 261, 715 S.E.2d 359 (Ct. App. 2011), the Court of Appeals remanded the issue of whether the Wife’s petition for alimony could defeat a claim of untimeliness due to her Husband’s alleged pattern of violence and threats of violence towards her. The Court of [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Tolling, Family Court Procedure, South Carolina Court of Appeals
Posted in Alimony/Spousal Support, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific | 1 Comment »
Posted Monday, July 4th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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An editorial in today’s New York Times, Ending the alimony guessing game, by Alexandra Harwin, a 2011 Yale Law School graduate, highlights New York State’s recent enactment of explicit temporary alimony guidelines. Under the formula, alimony is set at 30 percent of the higher-earning spouse’s income, minus 20 percent of the lower-earning spouse’s, as long [...]
Tags: Alexandra Harwin, Alimony/Spousal Support, Jurisprudence, New York Times
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Posted Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Family Court Procedure, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The June 29, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Wannamaker v. Wannamaker, 395 S.C. 592, 719 S.E.2d 261 (Ct. App. 2011) (refiled August 11, 2011 with a slightly altered analysis of the equitable distribution issue) involved three issues, two of which were not novel. The unnovel issues: In a sixteen year marriage, where the supported spouse earns $30k [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Family Court Procedure, Post-Trial Motions, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Monday, June 20th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, United States Supreme Court Decisions
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The June 20, 2011 United States Supreme Court opinion in Turner v. Rogers, 131 S.Ct. 2507 (2011), will radically alter the way the South Carolina Family Court handles child support (and alimony) enforcement. It’s about time. Turner’s challenge before the United States Supreme Court regarded the South Carolina Supreme Court’s determination that he was not entitled to [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, Due Process, Jurisprudence, United States Supreme Court
Posted in Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, United States Supreme Court Decisions | 4 Comments »
Posted Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal 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 May 31, 2011 South Carolina Supreme Court opinion in Miles v. Miles, 393 S.C. 111, 711 S.E.2d 880 (2011), remedies what many South Carolina family law practitioners, including myself, considered a misguided decision in the case of Floyd v. Morgan, 383 S.C. 469 , 681 S.E.2d 570 (2009) to increase the burden of modifying support [...]
Tags: Alimony Modification, Alimony/Spousal Support, Health Insurance, South Carolina Supreme Court
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Posted Wednesday, May 11th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Equitable Division/Property Division, Family Court Procedure, Jurisprudence, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The 2006 Court of Appeals opinion in Simmons v. Simmons, 370 S.C. 109, 634 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2006) voided a provision in the parties’ 1990 court-approved equitable distribution agreement that gave Wife a portion of Husband’s Social Security benefits. The Court of Appeals found that this provision violated 42 U.S.C. § 407(a) of the Social [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Civil Procedure, Equitable Division/Property Division, Jurisprudence, Paul Tinkler, Post-Trial Motions, South Carolina Supreme Court
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Posted Friday, April 29th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
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The April 27, 2011 Court of Appeals decision in Grumbos v. Grumbos, 393 S.C. 33, 710 S.E.2d 76 (Ct.App. 2011), treads much familiar ground. To wit: A ten year marriage with no listed fault in the breakup results in a permanent periodic alimony award to a wife in her mid-40′s with a college degree from a [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Friday, February 25th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Equitable Division/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The February 23, 2011 Court of Appeals opinion in Reiss v. Reiss, 392 S.C. 198, 708 S.E.2d 799 (Ct.App 2011) makes me question whether the appellate courts are taking the deference to family court judge’s credibility findings too far. In Reiss, Husband got beaten miserably at trial and he didn’t obtain any relief from this appeal. [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Credibility, Equitable Division/Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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