Posts Tagged ‘Child Support’
Posted Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 by Barry Knobel
Filed under Child Support, Litigation Strategy, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Specific
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From Guest Blogger, the Honorable Barry W. Knobel I’ve been involved in a number of mediations in which we were working to settle a child support issue for the parties who had agreed upon a “shared parenting” arrangement, using, essentially, a Paparella-styled formula. In trying to establish a “range of acceptability” within which to work, the parties agreed, [...]
Tags: Barry W. Knobel, Child Support, Litigation Strategy
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Posted Friday, January 7th, 2011 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Audience:, Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to General Public
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A colleague of mine, Casie N. Suddeth, posted on facebook about an Ontario Canada divorce case in which the judge became so frustrated with the parties and their acrimony that he awarded custody to the mother but only required the father to pay $1.00 per month in child support. See The Divorce So Bad it [...]
Tags: Child Custody, Child Support, Jurisprudence, Popular Culture
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Posted Monday, December 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions
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The December 22, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Sanderson v. Sanderson, 391 S.C. 249, 705 S.E.2d 65 (Ct. App. 2010), reversed the family court in its decision to impute $64,000 annual income to an unemployed husband for the purpose of setting his child support and alimony obligations. While the Court of Appeals was probably correct in determining that [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Child Support, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Thursday, November 11th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Equitable Division/Property Division, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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The November 10, 2010 Court of Appeals opinion in Mosley v. Mosley, 390 S.C. 524, 702 S.E.2d 253 (Ct. App. 2010) reversed the family court’s determinations on child support and equitable distribution and remanding the issue of attorney’s fees. There was little very novel about the facts in Mosley but the Court of Appeals opinion does [...]
Tags: Child Support, Equitable Division/Property Division, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, United States Supreme Court Decisions
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Yesterday the United States Supreme Court accepted certiorari on the South Carolina case of Price v. Turner, 387 S.C. 142, 691 S.E.2d 470 (2010). The question Mr. Turner asked the Supreme Court to address was “Whether the Supreme Court of South Carolina erred in holding – in conflict with twenty-two federal courts of appeals and [...]
Tags: Child Support, Contempt Enforcement Rule to Show Cause, South Carolina Supreme Court, Susan Dunn, United States Supreme Court
Posted in Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, United States Supreme Court Decisions | 9 Comments »
Posted Sunday, September 12th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys
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A belief undergirding support guidelines is that children are entitled to enjoy a lifestyle similar to their parents, but if daddy has an entourage does this mean the children deserve one too? How to determine child support when the parents’ combined income is above the child support guidelines is an issue increasingly litigated but infrequently [...]
Tags: Child Support, Jurisprudence, Litigation Strategy, South Carolina Child Support Guidelines
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Posted Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Child Custody, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, South Carolina Appellate Decisions, South Carolina Specific
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Have some sympathy for Family Court Judge Leslie K. Riddle, whose decision in the case of Marchant v. Marchant, 390 S.C. 1, 699 S.E.2d 708 (Ct.App. 2010), was affirmed as modified by the Court of Appeals with Wife successfully challenging one of the numerous decisions by Judge Riddle on whether and how to impute income [...]
Tags: Alimony/Spousal Support, Attorney's Fees, Child Support, Imputation of Income, Judge Leslie K. Riddle, South Carolina Court of Appeals
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Posted Friday, August 27th, 2010 by Gregory Forman
Filed under Child Support, Contempt/Enforcement of Orders, Jurisprudence, Law and Culture, Not South Carolina Specific, Of Interest to Family Court Litigants, Of Interest to Family Law Attorneys, Of Interest to General Public, Paternity, Visitation
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I had lunch yesterday with Charlie F.P. Segars-Andrews, who mentioned she had been contacted to do work with an agency, Responsible Committed Fatherhood Initiative, attempting to assist fathers establish visitation at the same time the Department of Social Services establishes child support. Given my interest in assisting such fathers obtain court-ordered visitation–my most recent volunteer case [...]
Tags: Child Support, F.P. Segars-Andrews, Jurisprudence, Paternity, Popular Culture, Visitation
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