Dennis v. Dennis is an unpublished May 2002 opinion from the South Carolina Court of Appeals. I was retained after trial to represent Ms. Dennis, who, despite her disability, had only been awarded $700.00 a month in alimony and a bit more than half her attorney’s fees at trial. During the litigation her husband had continued a lavish lifestyle while she had to cut back greatly on hers. The family court improperly accepted her husband’s temporarily lower income as his true income in setting (and reducing from the initial hearing) her alimony.
On appeal the Court of Appeals not only restored the alimony to her previous $1,000.00 a month figure but actually increased it to $1,500.00 a month. It further awarded her all of her attorney’s fees.
The vast majority of family court cases resolve by agreement. Typically those agreements are made outside of court. Such agreements must be reviewed
2020 was an interesting year to be a family law attorney. With the courts mostly closed in early spring, I mainly stayed busy
The human condition is hard and domestic litigation makes it harder: see a mental health counselor
Coming of age as a Jew in the “I’m Okay; You’re Okay” culture of 1970’s Southern California, I’ve never understood the stigma over
